Is Gender Pre-determination A Good Thing?

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August 03-2010:

Is Gender Pre-determination A Good Thing?

Gender Preference:

This is a medical precedure that can be done to ensure the preferred Sexual Identity of the unborn fetus. In some countries like China, Japan, and in South Asia. The preference for the Male child is greater, because he will guarantee a handsome DOWRY when he is about to get married. And his parents will not have to worry about their son not being able to get married, because of age or poverty.

Why Are Boys Preferred To Girls In These Cultures?

Historically, as I mentioned above, the male child is expected to care for the entire family unit after marriage. Like careing for the elders, the sick, his parents and grandparents, for as long as they are alive. This is a cultural expectation that all boys are expected to honor. The girls are not expected to do so, because they will be married (supposedly), and that responsibility will be on the shoulders of their husbands.

Does Pre-determining Gender Identity Upset The National Gender Balance?

I believe that it does!
In China currently, after decades of Communist Policy to encourage and financially compensate women for male children. This have created a terrible shortage of females in the general society. In Japan too this phenomenon of Male preference is also creating a serious shortage of females.

Coupled with the ever growing longevity of the elderly. A reversal of National Policy in both societies are being contemplated to reverse the hitherto Gender Preference Policy. And allow for natural selection, or whatever gender nature produces to take place, without medical intervention.

What Are The Dis-advantages And Advantages Of Gender Selection?

In countries that have allowed gender pre-determination to occur, the males are enjoying this societal privilege, at the general expense of their female counterparts. Some males get married after paying a very meagre dowry.

While the Girl's family have to come up with whatever cost or Dowry the Male match asks for or demands. And when you are poor, with several daughters to be married. This can be devastating for that family. Many end up killing their female born, or selling them to anyone who is willing to pay for domestic help in their homes for a contracted period, or forever!

Derryck.
NYC.