Nothing to do with the Middle East, but this is extremely alarming.
A new study published in the British Journal of Medicine puts an alarming number on China’s gender gap. In 2005, it says, there were 32 million more males than females under the age of 20.
The cause is no surprise: A one-child policy combined and a cultural preference for boys that leads some prospective parents to abort female fetuses.
“Sex-selective abortion accounts for almost all the excess males,” say the authors. Although choosing to have an abortion on the basis of sex is illegal in China, enforcement is spotty.
Friday, April 10, 2009
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"According to a 2005 estimate, there were up to one million able-bodied and disabled children – most of them girls – living in about 1,000 state-run orphanages in China. Thousands of baby girls continue to be abandoned each year although the one child rule, introduced to curb population explosion, has been relaxed in many provinces."
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This is terrible.
ReplyDeleteBut Marcatuy, dont you love "the fact" that China and India will soon rule the world while the US falls apart like a rotten apple? Arent you thrilled by the prospect of an all powerful asian/indian alliance? Dont you want US power replaced by China? Isnt any power on earth preferrable and better than the wicked USA??? :) :)
ReplyDeleteUsually when there is a surplus of men, riots and wars (or at least a large uptick in crime) is the result.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Molly. I think the men have done enough to destroy the world. I think we should turn it over to women, ...as long as the leaders are not like Margaret Thatcher.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I miss the poetry...
Attila József
ReplyDeleteBY THE DANUBE
I sat there on the quayside by the landing,
a melon rind was drifting on the flow .
I delved into my fate, just understanding:
the surface chatters, while it's calm below
As if my heart had been its very source,
troubled, wise was the Danube, mighty force.
Like muscles when you work and lift the axe,
or harvest, hammer, excavate a grave,
so did the water tighten, surge, relax
with every current, every breezy wave.
Like Mother, dandled, told a tale, caressed,
laundered the dirt of all of Budapest.
I didn't mean it because women are more peaceful than men, but just that when there are tons of unmarried men, then tend to make trouble.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think women would be much more peaceful. Anyway, they can't do any worse than we men.
ReplyDeleteChina needs all of the resistance it can get, so the prospect coming from an abundance of men might be a welcome scenario. There might not be anything better to assault the beast of unshackled capitalism, because truly, those who embrace this are the ones who only understand force.
ReplyDeleteInteresting point, V.
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