Indias sex ratio shows that gendercide is a feature not just of dictatorship and poverty.UnlikeChina, India is a democracy: there is no one-child policy to blame. Although parts of thecountryare poor, poverty alone does not explain Indias preference for sons. The states withthe worst sex ratiosPunjab, Haryana, Gujaratare among the richest , whichsuggests distorted sex selection will not be corrected just by wealth or government policy. Butit can be corrected.
印度的性别比例表明性别灭绝不只是由于专制和贫穷。与中国不同的是,印度是个民主国家,没有只生一个孩子的计划生育政策。尽管印度的部分地区很穷,但是仅仅贫穷不能解释印度对于男孩的青睐。性别比例最扭曲的邦,比如旁遮普邦、哈里亚纳邦和古吉拉特邦,都是印度最富有的地区。这表明扭曲的性别选择将不会由于财富和政府的政策得以纠正。不过,性别比例是可以得到纠正的。
Parents choose to abort female fetuses not because they do not want or love their daughters,but because they feel they must have sons ; they also want smallerfamiliesand something has to give. Ultrasound technology ensures that this something is ageneration of unborn daughters, because it lets them know the sex of a fetus. Sex selectiontherefore tends to increase with education and income: wealthier, better educated people aremore likely to want fewer children and can more easily afford the scans.
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