Charlie Bell wrote: > >> It's not as expensive _now_ as the cost of raising a child. So, >> increasingly more people will do this - to the point that it >> becomes so cheap that everybody will do it. > > Even if that's true, however, i still can't see it seriously skewing > the sex ratio *in the long run*. > Yes, I think we have beaten this to death. I accept your point of view, but I think mine [a Lezbo Utopia :-)] is more likely. But there are uncertanties in these projections, and both attractors are possible.
> China is by no means a permanent > situation, degrading and disgraceful as it (and many other > places...) is at the moment. Cultural expectations can change > dramatically in a generation or two, and if sons are going to fail > to continue the family line because they're unable to find wives, > at least some families will take the pragmatic approach to > have daughters... > China is an _unstable_ scenario - but this will be easily self-corrected with a major civil war. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
