By 2020 there will be
24 million more boys than girls in China. The reason for this is that parents who see that they will have a daughter decide that they prefer to have a son. They get the daughter terminated, as a result of China's controversial one-child law. I'm all for a woman's right to choose, but this seems really wrong. It is not only wrong from the viewpoint that people are choosing their children based on statistics, but it also says alot about the way that men are valued over women in Chinese society. Do you think that America would face a similar statistic if we implimented a one child law?
In Zimbabwe, about
fifty percent of women believe that being beaten is justified if they burn a meal or leave the house without telling their husband. We rarely think of women accepting being beaten, yet this study lays out some pretty strong evidence that women can justify it to themselves. Is it more or less justifiable to beat a woman who considers it acceptable?
That's just the start, think of the rape rates in developing Africa and their connection to AIDs. Think of the way that women are treated in Iran.
Why, if there are so many clear exsamples of sexism throughout the world, do Americans try so hard to fix our double standards without once considering nthose of other countries. There are some charitites that help women in developing countries, but for the most part woman are left alone. Our government is more than happy to put pressure and sanctions on a country for
seeking nuclear weapons or
encroaching on a neighbor, but we rarely do anything about the women of the world. Is it a product of our sexism?
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