Rareness of women does not increase their status. It increases trafficking, abuse, and incarceration.
I generally consider a successful birth of a healthy child such a difficult and often dangerous enterprise, that I don't know why anyone would want to abort that particular gender if they are in fact ready and willing to start/expand their family.
Poverty, family pressure, status, to avoid abuse, to avoid penalties associated with children of that sex (a fine, dowry payments), and (deleted) to avoid upsetting the father.
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Re: FYI, in practice now...
Date: November 14th, 2003 09:32 am (UTC)From:- the suicide rate among Chinese women is the highest in the world. ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2526079.stm )
Rareness of women does not increase their status. It increases trafficking, abuse, and incarceration.
I generally consider a successful birth of a healthy child such a difficult and often dangerous enterprise, that I don't know why anyone would want to abort that particular gender if they are in fact ready and willing to start/expand their family.
Poverty, family pressure, status, to avoid abuse, to avoid penalties associated with children of that sex (a fine, dowry payments), and (deleted) to avoid upsetting the father.