What happens when a society has an unnaturally high ratio of baby boys to baby girls? Join Hillary and Amy as they discuss the gender disparity (or unnatural sex ratios of baby boys to baby girls) in China and other Asian countries; whether this is due to government policy or a preference for sons; how this phenomenon is occurring; the consequences for having more men in society than women; and how this trend can hopefully be reversed.
References:
“Gendercide: The Wordwide War on Baby Girls“, The Economist, March 4, 2010.
“One-Child Policy” from Wikipedia.com.
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