Comments on: Where Boys Were Kings, a Shift Toward Baby Girls http://www.8asians.com/2007/12/22/where-boys-were-kings-a-shift-toward-baby-girls/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SImon Bao http://www.8asians.com/2007/12/22/where-boys-were-kings-a-shift-toward-baby-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-48157 SImon Bao Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:50:10 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/12/22/where-boys-were-kings-a-shift-toward-baby-girls/#comment-48157 John, for some reason there's been lots of recent news coverage about the sexual imbalance in birthrights in Vietnam as well. I think it stems from a study released this past autumn by the UN Population Fund. In Vietnam, the imbalance between male and female births is already pronounced, and growing. Nationally, the ratio is now 110 male births to 100 female births - but in the cities, that rate soars to as high as 120 male births to 100 female births. It's quite cheap to get a test that identifies the gender of a fetus, and that enables people to abort females at a much higher rate and generate the imbalance birth rates. The male preference in VN is probably rooted in many of the same things as in South Korea, but I wouldn't expect VN to follow South Korea's example. Not for a long time, still. John, for some reason there’s been lots of recent news coverage about the sexual imbalance in birthrights in Vietnam as well. I think it stems from a study released this past autumn by the UN Population Fund. In Vietnam, the imbalance between male and female births is already pronounced, and growing. Nationally, the ratio is now 110 male births to 100 female births – but in the cities, that rate soars to as high as 120 male births to 100 female births. It’s quite cheap to get a test that identifies the gender of a fetus, and that enables people to abort females at a much higher rate and generate the imbalance birth rates.

The male preference in VN is probably rooted in many of the same things as in South Korea, but I wouldn’t expect VN to follow South Korea’s example. Not for a long time, still.

]]> By: SImon Bao http://www.8asians.com/2007/12/22/where-boys-were-kings-a-shift-toward-baby-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-137009 SImon Bao Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/12/22/where-boys-were-kings-a-shift-toward-baby-girls/#comment-137009 John, for some reason there's been lots of recent news coverage about the sexual imbalance in birthrights in Vietnam as well. I think it stems from a study released this past autumn by the UN Population Fund. In Vietnam, the imbalance between male and female births is already pronounced, and growing. Nationally, the ratio is now 110 male births to 100 female births - but in the cities, that rate soars to as high as 120 male births to 100 female births. It's quite cheap to get a test that identifies the gender of a fetus, and that enables people to abort females at a much higher rate and generate the imbalance birth rates. The male preference in VN is probably rooted in many of the same things as in South Korea, but I wouldn't expect VN to follow South Korea's example. Not for a long time, still. John, for some reason there’s been lots of recent news coverage about the sexual imbalance in birthrights in Vietnam as well. I think it stems from a study released this past autumn by the UN Population Fund. In Vietnam, the imbalance between male and female births is already pronounced, and growing. Nationally, the ratio is now 110 male births to 100 female births – but in the cities, that rate soars to as high as 120 male births to 100 female births. It’s quite cheap to get a test that identifies the gender of a fetus, and that enables people to abort females at a much higher rate and generate the imbalance birth rates.

The male preference in VN is probably rooted in many of the same things as in South Korea, but I wouldn’t expect VN to follow South Korea’s example. Not for a long time, still.

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