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gattaca. But I think in the future most people would opt for genetic modification so their kids can be as disease free as possible. The more empowered women get through employment, rights and control of their reproductive system, the less you'll see upon people preferring males over females.
 

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Hmmm...with too much of one gender, that could help with population explosion, right? :p
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I was actually thinking after I posted earlier that a huge disparity and subsequent population decrease is just what this planet needs.
 

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Yeah

I was actually thinking after I posted earlier that a huge disparity and subsequent population decrease is just what this planet needs.
nope.avi

some areas need more people to sustain a population and others need a decrease. there's no one size fit all solution.
 

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well gender selection tends to be more prevalent in areas with enormous populations, which is good in that regard

however enormous gender disparities will in a few generations likely lead to significant social problems, with millions of men not being able to find partners, and non-western women becoming more western due to an over-abundance of suitors
 

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well gender selection tends to be more prevalent in areas with enormous populations, which is good in that regard

however enormous gender disparities will in a few generations likely lead to significant social problems, with millions of men not being able to find partners, and non-western women becoming more western due to an over-abundance of suitors
mail order brides
 

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That's true, but in the case of places like India (which is among the most active in gender selection), it's a less desirable place to live than most places mail-order brides usually come from, and the men missing out on local brides are going to be poorer men any way, making it less feasible.
 

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That's true, but in the case of places like India (which is among the most active in gender selection), it's a less desirable place to live than most places mail-order brides usually come from, and the men missing out on local brides are going to be poorer men any way, making it less feasible.
polygamy is also a problem too. it drives young men away from their communities when the rich create harems. you end up disenfranchising a lot of male youth who can't get any, and it doesn't help when they can't even jack either.

 

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well gender selection tends to be more prevalent in areas with enormous populations, which is good in that regard

however enormous gender disparities will in a few generations likely lead to significant social problems, with millions of men not being able to find partners, and non-western women becoming more western due to an over-abundance of suitors
Smartest thing I've seen you say in a while
 

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I really don't see a big problem with it, aside from the fact religion teaches you that it's apparently wrong to play god, unless you are god. The only other potential problem is a replica of idian pregnancies with families choosing to have males only causing a population imbalance, aside from that its perfectly fine IMO.
 

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Yeah

I was actually thinking after I posted earlier that a huge disparity and subsequent population decrease is just what this planet needs.
I wasn't exactly being serious. Selecting gender, in my opinion, is unfair to the child.
 

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