The missing women

This month’s Le Monde Diplomatique has a roundup of the current state of sex discrimination against foetuses and young children. The story itself is behind a paywall, but the raw data is here, and frightening.

The worst figure is in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces in China, where there are 138 baby boys born for every 100 girls.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.