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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:16 AM Original message |
Chinese Hunger for Sons Fuels Boys’ Abductions |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. No, the Patriarchy strikes again. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Oh ITA, Patriarchy is at the root of this problem. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's not an either/or. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. It's has nothing to do with loving a boy more than a girl, it's about concern for old age support |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Strange in a communist country - they are communists but |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. They do provide old age homes in China |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Interesting information, thank you |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Look how much trouble we have convincing people not to buy SUVs |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. And the son-preference seems stronger than blood ties. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. I sincerely hope that some day the find a cure for Testosterone driven |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. China is sowing the sees of its own societal destruction |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. they'll have to turn to immigration to solve the problem. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. And the girls left all want to marry Westerners so they can get the hell out of China. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. They're already facing this problem, and have been for at least a decade. |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Isn't this already happening? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Even creepier: |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's all about the social safety net & who will support you in old age.The boy is an economic slave |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Its still misogyny in the culture when boys are considered more valuable |
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