Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Problematic

A strange byproduct of abortion technology and societies who value sons.

Thus far, female empowerment often seems to have led to more sex selection, not less. In many communities, she writes, “women use their increased autonomy to select for sons,” because male offspring bring higher social status. In countries like India, sex selection began in “the urban, well-educated stratum of society,” before spreading down the income ladder.


Now there are 160 million more men than women. Scary.

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