Many would believe such statement to be true, “we live in a man’s world”. In today`s society men are the dominate species and they are considered to be “breadwinners” whereas females are expected to be the caregivers. This is a similar dominated ideology that China practices. “China`s one child policy is based on the principle that it is easier to modernize a smaller group…the fewer people there are, the more resources there will be” (Fong 2004). However the one child policy has caused China to have a gender imbalanced society with hundreds of missing girls. The one child policy has effect the sex ration in China as the proportion of male live birth to female live birth, ranges from 1.03-1.07 in industrial countries (Hesketh et al. 2005). “Demographers
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. “Sex-selective abortion after ultrasonography undoubtedly accounts for a large proportion of the decline in female births” (Hesketh et al. 2005). This is because women are viewed as powerless in society, in comparison to men who are given many more opportunities to benefit. The presence of male dominance and the power they hold in society has deeply contributed to the desire to have female foetuses aborted. “The suffering of women who long for additional children, are blamed by the husbands and parents-in-law for giving birth to daughters instead of sons and face fines, arrest, surveillance…..the loss of benefits or jobs” (Fong 2004). The discrimination begins in the household where women do not benefit from the restrictions they experience, and then extends outwards to social life, where women’s interactions are also limited because of patriarchy. The Chinese government has recognized the potentially unsuccessful social consequences of the sex imbalance and the shortage of women may have increased mental health problems and socially disruptive behaviour among men (Hesketh 2005). The solution will come only with a change in attitudes toward female
. “Sex-selective abortion after ultrasonography undoubtedly accounts for a large proportion of the decline in female births” (Hesketh et al. 2005). This is because women are viewed as powerless in society, in comparison to men who are given many more opportunities to benefit. The presence of male dominance and the power they hold in society has deeply contributed to the desire to have female foetuses aborted. “The suffering of women who long for additional children, are blamed by the husbands and parents-in-law for giving birth to daughters instead of sons and face fines, arrest, surveillance…..the loss of benefits or jobs” (Fong 2004). The discrimination begins in the household where women do not benefit from the restrictions they experience, and then extends outwards to social life, where women’s interactions are also limited because of patriarchy. The Chinese government has recognized the potentially unsuccessful social consequences of the sex imbalance and the shortage of women may have increased mental health problems and socially disruptive behaviour among men (Hesketh 2005). The solution will come only with a change in attitudes toward female