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  2. Global strategies
  3. Preferring male progeny

Preferring male progeny

  • Preferring sons

Broader

Preferring
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Constrains

Achieving gender equality
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Constrained by

Reducing gender discrimination in developing countries
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Correcting gender bias
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Balancing human sex ratio
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Abstaining from gender sensitivity
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Facilitates

Preserving gender inequality
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Maintaining family lineage
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Facilitated by

Establishing cultural expectations of gender functions
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Advocating male supremacy
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Related

Researching infant mortality
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Problem

Female infanticide
Presentable
Deliberate unbalancing of sex ratio of births
Presentable
Unwanted female babies
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Son-less families
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #5: Gender Equality

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(F) Exceptional strategies
Subject
Content quality
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Language
English
1A4N
J1642
DOCID
12016420
D7NID
209894
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/preferring-male-progeny
Last update
Dec 3, 2024