Apparently a "preference for sons" is creating a gender imbalance in some regions of the world, though the New York Times neglects to mention how this could be happening.
More and more South Korean men are finding wives outside of South Korea, where a surplus of bachelors, a lack of marriageable Korean partners and the rising social status of women have combined to shrink the domestic market for the marriage-minded male. Bachelors in China, India and other Asian nations, where the traditional preference for sons has created a disproportionate number of men now fighting over a smaller pool of women, are facing the same problem.
Sounds like there's a story just begging to be reported! How can a "preference" for one gender actually result in a population imbalance? I've written about using abortion and infanticide for gender selection in the past, but perhaps the barbarity is more widespread that I had previously imagined. I expect that the left-wing media shies away from the story because they want to avoid any incriminating the blessed sacrament of abortion in any way.
(HT: James Taranto.)
"Blessed sacrament of abortion" thats sadly, a good way of describing the left wing's treatment of it.
Its so ironic that many of the things that feminists are so adamantly supportive of like abortion and contraception are unequivocally hurting women far more than they are helping.
The only measurable "help" in fact, is increased promiscuity. You think that helps the dignity of women?
TGFF: I completely agree. "Feminism" does more to degrade women than pornography ever has.