tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post8417944967216823212..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: He-Men Women-Hatersdelagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-30259031965934995352008-07-18T11:05:00.000-04:002008-07-18T11:05:00.000-04:00Reminds me of those young American soldiers who to...Reminds me of those young American soldiers who tortured the Irquis by having them do humiliating things; although, they were motivated by hate instead of sexual repression.zelda1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04212809913449846878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-35332301866185603982008-07-17T15:53:00.000-04:002008-07-17T15:53:00.000-04:00My friend worked a John Hopkins sister hospital in...My friend worked a John Hopkins sister hospital in Shanghai for several years (I think I've got that right). She said a lot of women would have abortions but said she thought the rate was declining because a lot more women were dealing with infertility and just happy to have a baby. She said the rural areas were where it was most disturbing. Obviously, they don't have the access to health care and therefore there's no access to technology that would permit them to determine gender before birth. A lot of baby girls were killed. Some drowned, others...let's just say in a more efficient way, and many would be left out to die from exposure/ starvation/ dehydration. It's repugnant. In rural areas males are not only valued because of their penis, it's also because they can work the farm, make more money for the family, etc. Girls, well you know how vaginas are so limiting.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that the idea that boys are more valued than girls is so deeply ingrained that's it will take a tremendous effort to reverse its effects and, then what? Will people abort male fetuses to have a female? Leave them to do a slow death? I realize the patriarchy is hard at work in China but it rocks me to my core to think of a perfectly healthy fetus (or worse, newborn) being discarded simply because of its gender. <BR/><BR/>Then there is the adoption issue. I have long wanted to adopt a baby and China, due to the readily available little ones in need of a home, seemed like a logical choice. That said, with this <A HREF="http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/intercountry/intercountry_3110.html" REL="nofollow">list of requirements</A>, I'm not sure they'd let us have one. Better to let it die than to give to someone less than perfect, you know? How's that for some serious patriarchal values?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com