1. Son preference: not just China.
Intense discrimination of the girl-child exists in a number of Asian countries. ... A Gallup poll conducted recently revealed that a staggering 38% of parents, if they could just have one child, prefer a son. ... On a different note, but still tied to this topic, an emerging technology called "MicroSort" has opened doors for US parents wanting to select the sex of their next child for "family balancing" reasons. To be eligible to use this new sperm-sorting system, parents must have at least one child (either boy or girl) of the opposite sex of their potential "MicroSort" child. ... Both men an...
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