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Gendercide

Gendercide . Jalanie Lawrence. Gendercide. Killing members of a specific sex Unborn females aborted. Started. Tokugawa period (1600s) Religious beliefs Rituals always performed by the male Son is head of family . Government. One-Child Policy established by Deng Xiaoping (1979)

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Gendercide

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  1. Gendercide Jalanie Lawrence

  2. Gendercide • Killing members of a specific sex • Unborn females aborted

  3. Started • Tokugawa period (1600s) • Religious beliefs • Rituals always performed by the male • Son is head of family

  4. Government • One-Child Policy established by Deng Xiaoping (1979) • To limit population growth • Limitation of birth permits

  5. Danzhou, China • Known for girl shortage • 20 girls to 80 boys • 25 girls to 63 boys • Cheap abortion clinics placed in slums • Worried parents cage their son

  6. Yuan Quan • One of the only people to speak on gendercide topic • Lives in Danzhou • Middle class • Was only child as a toddler • Against gendercide

  7. Yuan Quan ‘When I was a little girl my grandparents doted on me, and gave me generous presents. I was their first and only grandchild… But when my aunt had a son, it all stopped…My male cousin got all the attention… They would always have much preferred a boy, and now they had one.’

  8. Changes • Announced November, 2013 • Two children aloud if one parent is only child • Go in affect in 2014

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