PSY 304 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Prostate Cancer, Artificial Insemination
17 Apr 2016
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The process of aging begins at birth and social processes of aging are more different than they are similar when compared to the physical processes of aging. Unrecognized environmental hazards can create defects in male reproduction and decrease sex- ratio differentials (ratio of male to female births). Mortality inequality can be explained by female infanticide, primarily associated with south. Asian countries but also reported by the canadian punjabi community. It is also explained by sex-selective abortion (aka gendercide ) which is the practice of terminating pregnancy based on the predicted sex of the baby via pnd prenatal diagnosis. Usually female fetuses are aborted due to cultures that value male children over females. *sex-selective abortion reinforces sex stereotypes since certain sex is consistently de(valued). Gene splicing and artificial insemination with washed sperm are new genetic, asexual reproductive technologies that can alter sex-ratio differentials.
