Comments on: Wrong Concoction http://erpz.net/2010/03/12/wrong-concoction/ Stop Mugging. Start Learning. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin http://erpz.net/2010/03/12/wrong-concoction/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Kevin Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:58:36 +0000 http://erpz.net/?p=2045#comment-433 If you do check out the article about the gender ratio, China's policy is not the problem. When they restrict kids to one child, most parents are okay with the female one; it is only a problem when you allow a second child because parents who already have a girl first would want a boy even more badly. The gender ratio is the least skewed for the first child in the regions studied as a result of that. If you do check out the article about the gender ratio, China’s policy is not the problem. When they restrict kids to one child, most parents are okay with the female one; it is only a problem when you allow a second child because parents who already have a girl first would want a boy even more badly. The gender ratio is the least skewed for the first child in the regions studied as a result of that.

]]> By: Wei Seng http://erpz.net/2010/03/12/wrong-concoction/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Wei Seng Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:37:24 +0000 http://erpz.net/?p=2045#comment-427 Well the thing about the skewed gender ratio is that it could also be said to be the creation of governments - China's One Child Policy, as we learn in A-level Geography and in the article in The Economist, had a huge influence on the gender ratio in China. Not that I am anti-government, but at least for China's case the government has been too intrusive. To be fair, there probably was little else the government could do, but it would be necessary to loosen the policy and be less heavy-handed now. But certainly, for Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, there needs to be more government intervention to rebalance the gender ratio. One wonders what the government can do though against embedded cultural norms and beliefs that take decades or generations to fade / change. Well the thing about the skewed gender ratio is that it could also be said to be the creation of governments – China’s One Child Policy, as we learn in A-level Geography and in the article in The Economist, had a huge influence on the gender ratio in China. Not that I am anti-government, but at least for China’s case the government has been too intrusive. To be fair, there probably was little else the government could do, but it would be necessary to loosen the policy and be less heavy-handed now.

But certainly, for Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, there needs to be more government intervention to rebalance the gender ratio. One wonders what the government can do though against embedded cultural norms and beliefs that take decades or generations to fade / change.

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