If we can't get them out...we'll breed them out." Something the King of England said of 'Scots', on Braveheart.
The people of China have almost done something similar, to themselves. In the 80's, told that they could only have one child, soon-to-be parents went sneaking off to places to find out what sex their baby was going to be, and after finding that it's a girl, most either aborted her, left her in a field or elsewhere abandoned, or giving her up for adoption, wanting a boy instead.
Boys were treasured, girls were trash for a giant lot of parents. Now.. well.. they got a huge population of males, and few gals for them to couple up with. Now gals are being kidnapped, and they're starting to look better and better to new parents.. especially since the government is kickin' around the idea of paying them a monthly allotment in reward for having girls.
They had a population problem so set a one child law. What else could they have done? Lord if I know, but someone should have seen this coming a long way back.
Goooo Li'l China Girls! It seems to me that the few of you who are out there can now be very very choosy in your life's mate!
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Posted by juel at September 15, 2004 11:18 PM