Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Of the 4.38
billion total population in Asia and the Middle East in 2015, 2.24 billion were
men and the rest, 2.14 billion, were women. This makes 0.1 billion gap between the
two genders, or 100 million more men than women. Is that gap significant?
Naturally,
the gender ratio at birth is around 105 boys per 100 girls, but women outnumber
men at the age of 65 and older because of their higher life expectancy. In some
part of Asia, such as India, China and Vietnam, there are much higher
boys-girls ratio at birth and in youth because of their high preference for
male children.
Why boys not
girls? There are in depth traditional, situational and economic reasons in
these fast-growing countries. But if everybody has the same gender preference, there
is no need for rocket science to figure out the consequence. Parents’
preference seems to create heavy burden to their own children.
Enjoy reading
and learning what makes people choose boys over girls and what could solve or
ease such problems.
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