PSY 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sex-Selective Abortion, Sex Selection, Artificial Insemination
17 Mar 2016
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Ratio of male to female births in canada (106 too 100) Environmental factors leading to unexplained defects in male reproduction. Rate of survival after birth varies significantly based on geography, culture, religion, social class. Gender inequality = high mortality rates of women. Sex ratio at birth = emerging indicator of various forms of sex discrimination. High sex ratios at birth often result form: sex selective abortion, female infanticide because of strong preference for sons, if it continues it will impact future marriage and fertility patterns with adult males unable to find partners. Medical advancement can determine sex of baby early on, option to abort female fetus. Prevalent in east asia, china, south korea, singapore. Drew global attention within context china"s one child policy. New genetic and asexual reproductive technologies will change sex ratios over time: gene splicing, artificial insemination washed. Spread of the practice of dowry across all castes (dowry = daughters will cost you)
