When A Boy Life Is Worth More Than A Girl's Summary
The article “When a Boy’s Life is Worth More Than His Sister’s” written by Valerie Hudson and Andrea Den Boer in the Foreign Policy magazine talks about the growing trend around the world of valuing a boy’s life more than a girl’s. The authors’ state in their magazine that “more societies around the world are letting girls die so boys can thrive. It’s not just cruel, it’s a recipe for disaster.” They claim that “many ancient evils” that were thought to have been suppressed have just changed into a different form. For example, modern day human trafficking could be considered a new form of old time slavery. Even though people believe that these ancient practices have been extinct, instead they have just found a modern approach to it.
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This trend has been growing for more than a decade according to the authors and has a very damaging effect. In 2015, countries such as Albania, Fiji, Egypt, Lebanon, India, China, Vietnam and much more reported a higher than normal average of boys to girls. The authors’ state that the normal range for boys to girls in a country should be between 103 and 106 boys per 100 girls however, numerous countries have recorded a number much higher than this. China is the largest of them all with a sex ratio of 119.1 boys per 100 girls, which has increased from 112.6 boys per 100 girls in the year
This trend has been growing for more than a decade according to the authors and has a very damaging effect. In 2015, countries such as Albania, Fiji, Egypt, Lebanon, India, China, Vietnam and much more reported a higher than normal average of boys to girls. The authors’ state that the normal range for boys to girls in a country should be between 103 and 106 boys per 100 girls however, numerous countries have recorded a number much higher than this. China is the largest of them all with a sex ratio of 119.1 boys per 100 girls, which has increased from 112.6 boys per 100 girls in the year