CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1.
The One-Child Policy was an effective population controler because of the impact it had on gender equality, China's rapid GDP growth, and the management of overpopulated areas by decreasing fertility rates.
The state of China's workforce before the One-Child Policy was male dominated. Sons typically were favored instead of daughters because of their capabilities to bring prosperity to the families household. However, after the institutionalization of The One-Child Policy, little girls who were only children began to garner more attention and praise than ever before. As stated by Anthropologist Vanessa[Document D], "These teens have been socialized to value educational and career success and provide the resources with which to achieve it." Suddenly, women were given an equal chance, due to the decreased male presence in their homes. …show more content…
But whenever The One-Child Policy was introduced, the diminishing need for childcare allowed active populations to work, and focus on caring for the elderly. As Jane Golley described the effect in The Consts and Benefits of China's One-Child Policy [Document E], "With the rapid GDP growth has come better nutrition, rising levels of education, longer life expectancies, and higher living standards for the vast majority of Chinese people." China was thrust out of an economic dark age by increasing the available
The One-Child Policy was an effective population controler because of the impact it had on gender equality, China's rapid GDP growth, and the management of overpopulated areas by decreasing fertility rates.
The state of China's workforce before the One-Child Policy was male dominated. Sons typically were favored instead of daughters because of their capabilities to bring prosperity to the families household. However, after the institutionalization of The One-Child Policy, little girls who were only children began to garner more attention and praise than ever before. As stated by Anthropologist Vanessa[Document D], "These teens have been socialized to value educational and career success and provide the resources with which to achieve it." Suddenly, women were given an equal chance, due to the decreased male presence in their homes. …show more content…
But whenever The One-Child Policy was introduced, the diminishing need for childcare allowed active populations to work, and focus on caring for the elderly. As Jane Golley described the effect in The Consts and Benefits of China's One-Child Policy [Document E], "With the rapid GDP growth has come better nutrition, rising levels of education, longer life expectancies, and higher living standards for the vast majority of Chinese people." China was thrust out of an economic dark age by increasing the available