Portillo

                                                                        Steve Portillo

                                                                        06/25/2005

                                                                        Soc. 101

                                                                        D. Kowitz

                                                                        Final Paper

                                             Our Hands

 

                                                        Steve Portillo

                                                                        06/27/2005

                                                                        Soc. 101

                                                                        D. Kowitz

                                                                        Final Paper

                                                             Our Hands

            There is great societal influence on the family builders, the parents, as to their preference, bias toward the number and sex of children.  As a result of this societal influence, the effects are apparent.  One effect is that if two parents have two children, one of each gender, then a third is not very plausible.  If a family has two children both of the same sex, then they are more apt to have a third.  A second effect of this societal influence pertains to China and its One-Child Policy.  The effect is detrimental to its female population.  An obvious result to such influence is a climb in the number of worldwide abortions, and infanticide.  There is a new product on the market and available to the world right now that will aid society in its persuasion and this product is the Baby Gender Mentor Home DNA Gender Testing Kit.  This product will have a grave significant effect on the future outcome of global society both economically and ethically.  The responsibility is too great to be left in the hands of the individual and must be monitored by the governments.

Family sex structuring has occurred since the beginning of the studies and surveys that date back to 1915.  Family sex structuring is the planning with intentions directed toward the preference of one sex over another.  This preference is only one theory involved in the reasoning of the article “Emerging Parental Gender Indifference? Sex Composition of Children and the Third Birth” by Michael S. Pollard and S. Philip Morgan.  The original in depth idea of the article is that a family consisting of two parents and two existing children, each of the same sex, will statistically be more likely to add a third child in the hope of having a child of the opposite sex than the preexisting two.  Families consisting of two parents and two children of opposite sexes are statistically less likely to add a third.  This article introduces studies and theories trying to answer the reasoning for and against this idea.  One theory is that this idea of family sex structuring is becoming progressively less and less important since 1995 up to the present, the current shifts in the gender system.  The current shift in the gender system is due to the acceptance of women and they getting higher education and powerful positions.

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Roles have changed for women immeasurably in the last fifty years. Girls were encouraged to knit, sew, embroider or weave. While these activities were necessary tasks for females in the past, they are less necessary now and leave women to accomplish greater feats.  Today's women may choose, and are encouraged and supported, to attend college. They are able to go places on their own and are not weighted down by as many responsibilities of the household as they once were. Some responsibilities are still expected, but men are also expected to pitch in and help with housework. Also, women from ...

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