Unnatural selection, choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men, Mara Hvistendahl
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Label
Unnatural selection, choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men, Mara Hvistendahl
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Unnatural selection
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
657595599
Responsibility statement
Mara Hvistendahl
Sub title
choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men
Summary
"Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for China's neighbors is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from its population. Gender imbalance reaches far beyond Asia, affecting Georgia, Eastern Europe, and cities in the U.S. where there are significant immigrant populations. The world, therefore, is becoming increasingly male, and this mismatch is likely to create profound social upheaval. Historically, eras in which there have been an excess of men have produced periods of violent conflict and instability. Mara Hvistendahl has written a stunning, impeccably-researched book that does not flinch from examining not only the consequences of the misbegotten policies of sex selection but Western complicity with them"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Part I. "Everyone has boys now" -- ch. 1. The demographer -- ch. 2. The parent -- ch. 3. The economist -- ch. 4. The doctor -- ch. 5. The imperialist -- Part II. Great idea -- ch. 6. The student -- ch. 7. The doomsayer -- ch. 8. The geneticist -- ch. 9. The general -- ch. 10. The feminist -- Part III. The womanless world -- ch. 11. The bride -- ch. 12. The prostitute -- ch. 13. The bachelor -- ch. 14. The world -- ch. 15. The baby
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Demografi
- Födelsekontroll -- Kina
- Sex discrimination against women
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
- POPULATION TRENDS
- Demographie
- Mädchen
- Birth control
- Genetic sex determination -- China
- China
- Demographic transition
- Sex determination -- China
- Sex discrimination -- China
- Sex determination, Genetic
- Sex of children, Parental preferences for
- DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- Strafrecht
- POPULATION DYNAMICS
- CHINA
- Sex distribution (Demography)
- Demographic transition -- China
- Fosterdiagnostik + könsdiskriminering
- Födelsekontroll + abort -- Kina
- Sex discrimination against women -- China
- Schwangerschaftsabbruch
- Birth control -- China
- BIRTH CONTROL
- SEX DISTRIBUTION
- Geschlechterverhältnis
- Könsdiskriminering -- Kina
Content
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- Subject31
- Demografi
- Födelsekontroll -- Kina
- Sex discrimination against women
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
- POPULATION TRENDS
- Demographie
- Mädchen
- Birth control
- Genetic sex determination -- China
- China
- Demographic transition
- Sex determination -- China
- Sex discrimination -- China
- Sex determination, Genetic
- Sex of children, Parental preferences for
- DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- Strafrecht
- POPULATION DYNAMICS
- CHINA
- Sex distribution (Demography)
- Demographic transition -- China
- Fosterdiagnostik + könsdiskriminering
- Födelsekontroll + abort -- Kina
- Sex discrimination against women -- China
- Schwangerschaftsabbruch
- Birth control -- China
- BIRTH CONTROL
- SEX DISTRIBUTION
- Geschlechterverhältnis
- Könsdiskriminering -- Kina
- Content1
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