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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

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19. Because....
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:45 PM
Sep 2012

....I believe going to a fertility clinic is often initiated by the woman as opposed to the man. Plus, as someone pointed out, single professional mothers would go there....it lends to my belief that the dominant parent favors their own gender for whatever reason. Again, I've spoken and actually seen a lot of men who want a son and are more likely to give in to the push to keep having kids just to have one....they just won't push to go to a fertility clinic to make it more likely.

In China, where daughters are frowned upon for whatever reason and the young girls who were seen as "disappointments" grew up to be women who have the same hang-ups, obviously they will have less of an influence.

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The conclusions are unavoidable. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #1
This does hurt the whole "male-privilege" argument 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #2
I don't like this sex selection practice. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #3
Seems to me.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #4
If it's simply a factor of the gender choosing preferring a child of the same sex 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #5
True. This leads down a dangerous path. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #6
Two things: One, knowing a lot of actual, real-world parents, not the kind that exist in the, say, Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #13
Then what explains the sex ratio in China? lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #7
Come on now.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #10
Parents in the US prefer daughters. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #11
Are you saying there wasn't a time.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #12
I'm saying that in China, having daughters is STILL frowned upon. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #17
Because.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #19
There is no government imposition to not have female children in china 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #16
Well, whichever.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #20
In that country boys are more valued for social and economic reasons 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #22
See, I disagree. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #14
I think there are enough now to make it noticeable ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #18
I don't see it being a real problem. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #21
The linked article is bullshitty, short on any real data. Warren Stupidity Sep 2012 #8
Is the world of Gattaca just around the corner? ElboRuum Sep 2012 #9
Me watching that movie: "Marin Civic Center! W00t!" Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #15
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