Gendercide

by Noah Berlatsky

Overview

According to a U.N. estimate, up to 200 million women are missing in the world today due to gendercide. Gendercide is the systematic killing of members of a specific gender. The horrific idea, that if a baby will be a certain sex, it should be aborted or killed right after birth, is not a mere idea but a reality. This book tackles this overwhelmingly tough topic. Issues are debated from multiple viewpoints, provided by high-respected sources. Readers will evaluate the relationship between sex-selection abortion and gendercide, and the relationship between gender-related violence and genocide. Readers will also examine the stories of those who are the target of gendercide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737770056
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	05/02/2014
Series:	Opposing Viewpoints Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints? 11

Introduction 14

Chapter 1 What Are Common Practices of Gendercide in Developing Countries?

Chapter Preface 18

1 Sex-Selective Abortion Is Leading to Unprecedented Gendercide in the Developing World: The Economist 20

2 Sex Selection in the Developing World Today Is Neither Unprecedented nor Gendercide Edgar Dahl 26

3 China's One-Child Policy Has Contributed to the Abortion of Girls Arm Liisanantti Karin Beese 32

4 Abortion of Girls Is a Problem in India Gursharan Singh Kainth 42

5 Gendercide of Girls in China Has Driven 50 the Growth of Sex Trafficking Susan Tiefenbrun Christie J. Edwards 50

6 Worldwide Human Trafficking Is a Myth Zbigniew Dumienski 57

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 71

Chapter 2 What Are Common Practices of Gendercide in Developed Countries?

Chapter Preface 73

1 British Immigrant Communities Commit Gendercide via Sex-Selective Abortion Kishwar Desai 75

2 Stoking Fears That British Immigrant Communities Commit Gendercide Is Only Aimed at Limiting Abortion Jennie Bristow 84

3 Sex-Selective Abortion Must Be Banned in the United States to Prevent Gendercide of Girls Keith Fournier 92

4 Banning Sex-Selective Abortion in the United States Will Only Increase Sexism and the Gendercide of Girls Michelle Goldberg 98

5 Selective Abortions Prompt Call for Later Ultrasounds Huffington Post 104

6 Restricting Ultrasound Information in Canada Is Morally Wrong and Will Not Prevent Gendercide Heather Mallick 108

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 112

Chapter 3 What Is the Relationship Between Gender-Related Violence and Genocide?

Chapter Preface 114

1 Gendercide Is Closely Related to Genocide Heather McRobie 116

2 Gendercide Is Genocide Rita Banerji 122

3 Mass Rape of Women Can Be a Form of Genocide Anthony Marino 127

4 Rape of Men Is Often Unacknowledged During Genocide Will Storr 142

5 Violence Against Women Was an Important Part of the Holocaust Rochelle Saidel 152

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 156

Chapter 4 Who Is the Target of Gendercide?

Chapter Preface 158

1 Islamic Culture Targets Women for Gendercide Alexander Christie-Miller 160

2 Honor Killings of Muslim Males in the West Daniel Pipes 167

3 Blood Feuds Are Gendercide Against Men in the Balkans Adam Jones 172

4 Women Are Targeted for Violence in War Sandra I. Cheldelin 180

5 Men Are Disproportionally Targeted for Violence and Gendercide David Benatar 194

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 199

For Further Discussion 200

Organizations to Contact 202

Bibliography of Books 207

Index 210

Editorial Reviews

Review: Gendercide "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints series could serve as a model...not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections—by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens—include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations...all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the questions raised and offer no slick answers."—Booklist

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