In the morning they accuse her of infanticide and cannibalism. Christianity played a role in ending practices such as human sacrifice, infanticide and polygamy. However, punishment for such crimes as witchcraft, infanticide, and adultery fell heavily on the women. It was a show focusing on female infanticide and other atrocities against women. Desperation led to mass suicides and infanticide among the natives. Kidnapping by females and infanticide by males also occur occasionally. China's society practiced sex selective infanticide. These were often cases of deliberate infanticide. Some part of the gender imbalance may be attributed to the practice of female infanticide. In the ancient world infanticide was not legal but was rarely prosecuted. Other causes of death include accidents, gastroenteritis, infanticide, and epileptic seizures. There is also a religious factor in female infanticide. The Confucian attitude towards female infanticide was conflicted. Government campaigns decreased the incidence of infanticide. The prevalence of female infanticide remained high much longer.