Sex ratio

law of segregation applied to X and Y chromosomes, the numbers of boys and girls born are supposed to be equal, so the sex ratio for humans is expected to be 50:50 (1). However, in the real world, the observed results do not follow this pattern; the actual values can be as high as 170 boys born to 100 girls (2). The major reason that supposedly causes such imbalance in human sex ratio at birth is that more male embryos tend to survive throughout pregnancy (3). The reason why it is happening is not

out to be seen as a grave threat. FEMALE FOETICIDE : A STARK REALITY: Censuses of 1991 and 2001 have revealed contradictory trends i.e. Census of 1991 highlighted both overall sex ratio as well as child sex ratio declining whereas Census of 2001 projected an increase in overall sex ratio but a decline in child sex ratio. How can such a phenomenon be explained? To trace an answer to this we ought to look upon prior Censuses. To begin with, the Census of

a then surging population and limit the demands for water and other resources, as well as to alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems in China. One of the most significant effects of the policy has been on China’s sex ratio. China has a grossly unequal ratio of about 114 males to every 100 females. Due to the policy, many families were forced to only having one child. With that, baby boys were valued in China’s society than baby girls because boys carry on the ancestral name and are

John Updike presents us in his story A&P, through Sammy’s actions, the protest of young and misunderstood generation which he sees in his story, as rebellious and visionless by older generation for which all that does not obey to society's standards is unusual, unaccepted, and accentuated by the fineness of details and nuances, a deep insight intuition of choosing revealing moments of 1960’s, in which sexuality was taboo. With this Updike is announcing a big change in the culture, and of the times

“Once upon a time, I was a little girl who disappeared.” Kyla (Alice) was a young girl who used to live on Daisy Lane, just a few hours away from Cedar Hills. Until the nightmare began, when a man named Ray had kidnapped her from a public park nearby. Ray was a sick minded and evil human being who thought about nothing but finding ways to ruin innocent little kids lives. Ray was abused by his mother when he was a little boy, so he takes out his pain on his first victim target Kyla. He sexually and

“It’s a girl!” Most parents fantasize about hearing those precious and promising words because soon a little girl will make its way into their life and she will be sweet, innocent, and pure. Nothing will hurt that child, but unfortunately those parents are blinded by the happiness of the moment and do not realize that the little girl will grow up and be worth less than her husband and she will be worth less in society. In Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary the word girl means a female child

frequent appearances on MTV, and can often be found on magazine covers and in photo spreads.  Spears is especially popular among pre-teen girls, who buy her records, singing and dancing along to the lyrics.  These lyrics often deal with love, lust, and sex-topics some consider too mature for the young girls targeted by Spears' marketing.  Young women today are maturing at increasingly earlier ages, and the sexual messages in Spears' songs may simply be satisfying an existing demand for these types of

“Someone yelled from the bottom, ‘if you voted for Trump, you better be fucking scared.’ Everyone clapped and applauded,” recounted Kathryn Hinderaker, Vice President of the St. Olaf College Republicans. “Obviously, it didn’t feel super safe.” Conservatives on college campuses are being terrorized across the nation, facing threats of violence and sometimes worse. The portrayal of campus conservatives as monsters is an apt comparison to the monstrosity the reader observes in the novels When the Emperor

Dear little girl, as you grow up you will learn that your role in society has been limited to specific roles. You will learn very on that your sole purpose in life is to be of benefit to a man. In elementary school you will be told that, if a young boy hits you this is his way of showing you that he “likes” you. You will learn much more about boys before you learn anything about your sexuality. When you eventually learn, it’ll be mandated through the eyes of man. You will find that you do not have

After refusing to have sex with the ghost woman, he dies. She then moves on to the friend that Dong was drinking with. He also begins to waste away. One night, in hopes of freeing himself of the ghost, he lights incense. This was successful in killing the ghost and a fox is found