163 Million Missing Women
Global gender imbalance will have devastating consequences for future generations. In order to alter these consequences, there must be global campaigns and open dialogue on the eradication of female gendercide. In Mara Hvistendahl essay, “Missing: 163 Million Women”, it displays the skewed ratio of males to females. Applying Kwame Anthony’s Appiah’s cosmopolitanism to Hvistendahl’s essay, it can reduce and bring awareness to the gender imbalance. As nations develop, fertility continues to drop. In the developed world this is typically linked to people prioritizing their careers over traditional family views. In developing nations where women tend to have many children at young ages, fertility has also dropped, even though these nations economies aren’t as prosperous in comparison. French demographer Christophe Guilmoto found that people in developing nations like India were “not simply having fewer children” (Hvistendahl), but instead “they were having fewer girls” (Hvistendahl 250). The population is decreasing not because women are having fewer children …show more content…
Ultrasounds allow for individuals to view the sex of the fetus prior to birth. In developing nations, ultrasound examinations are required of expecting mothers. If the baby were to be a girl, the pregnancy would immediately be terminated. Because these machines allow mothers to view the sex of the child while still in the womb, it has lead to an increase in gender feticide. As stated in the “It’s a girl documentary”, “20,25, to 30% of girls are being killed by birth”. In India, it was reported that there was “914 girls for every 1,000 boys, ages 0-6” (Hvistendahl 250). Guilmoto coined this skewed ratio of male to female as a “rampant demographic masculinization” (Hvistendahl 250). Simply, with technological development, came a decrease in gender infanticide but an increase in
Global gender imbalance will have devastating consequences for future generations. In order to alter these consequences, there must be global campaigns and open dialogue on the eradication of female gendercide. In Mara Hvistendahl essay, “Missing: 163 Million Women”, it displays the skewed ratio of males to females. Applying Kwame Anthony’s Appiah’s cosmopolitanism to Hvistendahl’s essay, it can reduce and bring awareness to the gender imbalance. As nations develop, fertility continues to drop. In the developed world this is typically linked to people prioritizing their careers over traditional family views. In developing nations where women tend to have many children at young ages, fertility has also dropped, even though these nations economies aren’t as prosperous in comparison. French demographer Christophe Guilmoto found that people in developing nations like India were “not simply having fewer children” (Hvistendahl), but instead “they were having fewer girls” (Hvistendahl 250). The population is decreasing not because women are having fewer children …show more content…
Ultrasounds allow for individuals to view the sex of the fetus prior to birth. In developing nations, ultrasound examinations are required of expecting mothers. If the baby were to be a girl, the pregnancy would immediately be terminated. Because these machines allow mothers to view the sex of the child while still in the womb, it has lead to an increase in gender feticide. As stated in the “It’s a girl documentary”, “20,25, to 30% of girls are being killed by birth”. In India, it was reported that there was “914 girls for every 1,000 boys, ages 0-6” (Hvistendahl 250). Guilmoto coined this skewed ratio of male to female as a “rampant demographic masculinization” (Hvistendahl 250). Simply, with technological development, came a decrease in gender infanticide but an increase in