tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110283631152387608.post8583032961839983985..comments2023-09-11T09:46:49.973-06:00Comments on The Brave Lass: Friday Focus: The Overpopulation MythKamillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13983400897547054097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110283631152387608.post-58370468754121274392011-08-24T18:32:32.885-06:002011-08-24T18:32:32.885-06:00I recall recently reading an article about "m...I recall recently reading an article about "missing females" due to abortion. It talked about gender selective abortions in China (due to their one child laws) and India, among other places. It was found that the women in India who chose to abort females were more likely to be higher educated, wealthier and from higher status families. A female abortion doctor in North America interviewed for the article described a patient who came for several abortions because she found out they were female, and her husband and mother-in-law wanted a son. When the patient finally had a son, the doctor though she wouldn't see her again. Instead, the woman returned for yet another abortion after learning her next pregnancy was female, and her husband still wanted more sons.<br /><br />What a tragedy, on so many levels.Kunoichihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548985882557242941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110283631152387608.post-17813935156866751032011-08-20T01:21:43.226-06:002011-08-20T01:21:43.226-06:00Three things to take note of which I left out of t...Three things to take note of which I left out of the body of the post:<br /><br />First, when WuDunn talks about gender inequity, what she is reallly talking about is a symptom of the problem. While she may mean the unequal treatment of women, she is here focusing exclusively on the numbers, the missing girl problem. The real problem is the denial of intrinsic human worth which leads people to follow cultural values which give more importance to boys than girls.<br /><br />The second is her contention that overpopulation is a persistent cause of poverty. Mosher and PRI deal adequately with that myth - here I simply want to note that aid workers across the world will tell you one of the most significant causes of poverty is governmental corruption which prevents the efficient delivery of aid and stiffles economic development.<br /><br />Third, I gave over the first section of the post to the WuDunn video because WuDunn herself is ethnically Chinese. Mosher did his early work in China. I know which of the two I trust, and it's not the woman who advocates we leave our ethics at the side of the road.Kamillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13983400897547054097noreply@blogger.com