Male Supremacy Goes Haywire

Another adverse affect of the One-Child Policy is the deep set cultural male preference. Thousands of years ago, Chinese families needed to have a boy in order to carry on the family name, just like the marriage rules in the U.S. The difference was, China's need for carrying on that family name was exactly that: a need. If your family didn't have a boy to carry on the name, it was almost like a disgrace to the family. Even now in the 21st century, that need still holds true. I have heard horror stories about husbands who get their wives pregnant and threaten to leave the wife all together on her own if the baby isn't a boy. And if the baby is a girl, (and the husband doesn't leave the wife) and the couple have another baby by accident that happens to be a boy, it is not uncommon for that baby girl to be left out on the street at random so that the couple won't have to pay fines for having two babies. “These are problems that go down very deep—a complex, tenacious intertwining of economic, social, gender, and sexuality issues.” Says A historical perspective on gender issues in China. Just to prove that this "deep" need for boys in China is true, I Googled "chinese baby adoption." This is what I found: "Most babies available for adoption from China are girls. There are boys available but a very small number compared to girls." This is caused by the number of Chinese baby girls that go unwanted because of the brother that took their place. It's an ugly statement, but a true one.