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In the article “Unnatural Selection” by Mara Hvistendahl, she discussed the issue of males being deprived of females by sex-selective abortions and also the creation of a world filled with male violence and sexual predation. She talks about having more males and a decline in marriages which can lead to young delinquents and increased crime. She discusses the increasing rates of male births compared to female births in Asia. The main idea of the article is the abortion of female fetuses and the occurrence of sex-selective abortion.
Lifespan Stages The lifespan stages represented within this article are birth, childhood, adolescence and midlife. These lifespan stages were chosen because in the article they mentioned the birth of males compared to females. They discussed …show more content…
It is basically an abortion that is performed to eliminate a child that is considered of an undesirable sex. Sex-selective abortion in my opinion is victimization for both mother and daughter. On the other hand preimplantation sex or gender selection is the practice of choosing the sex of the baby. This technique allows parents that have and inheritable condition in their family to not pass it on to their children. Some of the negative consequences where males outnumber females are the young men may never be able to start a family and the need to strive will intensify. The young men will become more violent, economic inequality will increase the chance of a poor young man to attract a wife. Selection for offspring traits would create ethical issues in a society because it would foster confusion and problems between persons who can afford the procedure and those who can’t. I would choose to pre-select traits for my own offspring using preimplantation genetic diagnosis if I had the necessary funds to have it done. Why not ensure that my offspring is born healthy before birth or even
In the article “Unnatural Selection” by Mara Hvistendahl, she discussed the issue of males being deprived of females by sex-selective abortions and also the creation of a world filled with male violence and sexual predation. She talks about having more males and a decline in marriages which can lead to young delinquents and increased crime. She discusses the increasing rates of male births compared to female births in Asia. The main idea of the article is the abortion of female fetuses and the occurrence of sex-selective abortion.
Lifespan Stages The lifespan stages represented within this article are birth, childhood, adolescence and midlife. These lifespan stages were chosen because in the article they mentioned the birth of males compared to females. They discussed …show more content…
It is basically an abortion that is performed to eliminate a child that is considered of an undesirable sex. Sex-selective abortion in my opinion is victimization for both mother and daughter. On the other hand preimplantation sex or gender selection is the practice of choosing the sex of the baby. This technique allows parents that have and inheritable condition in their family to not pass it on to their children. Some of the negative consequences where males outnumber females are the young men may never be able to start a family and the need to strive will intensify. The young men will become more violent, economic inequality will increase the chance of a poor young man to attract a wife. Selection for offspring traits would create ethical issues in a society because it would foster confusion and problems between persons who can afford the procedure and those who can’t. I would choose to pre-select traits for my own offspring using preimplantation genetic diagnosis if I had the necessary funds to have it done. Why not ensure that my offspring is born healthy before birth or even