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Title:
Gendercide / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.
Author:
Berlatsky, Noah, editor.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]
Call Number:
HQ1237 .G44 2014
ISBN:
9780737770056
Series:
Opposing viewpoints series

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
219 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
What are common practices of gendercide in developing countries? Sex-selective abortion is leading to unprecedented gendercide in the developing world / Sex selection in the developing world today is neither unprecedented nor gendercide / China's one-child policy has contributed to the abortion of girls / Abortion of girls is a problem in India / Gendercide of girls in China has driven the growth of sex trafficking / Worldwide human trafficking is a myth / What are common practices of gendercide in developed countries? British immigrant communities commit gendercide via sex-selective abortion / Stoking fears that British immigrant communities commit gendercide is only aimed at limiting abortion / Sex-selective abortion must be banned in the United States to prevent gendercide of girls / Banning sex-selective abortion in the United States will only increase sexism and the gendercide of girls / Selective abortions prompt call for later ultrasounds / Restricting ultrasound information in Canada is morally wrong and will not prevent gendercide / What is the relationship between gender-related violence and genocide? Gendercide is closely related to genocide / Gendercide is genocide / Mass rape of women can be a form of genocide / Rape of men is often unacknowledged during genocide / Violence against women was an important part of the Holocaust / Who is the target of gendercide? Islamic culture targets women for gendercide / Honor killings of Muslim males in the west / Blood feuds are gendercide against men in the Balkans / Women are targeted for violence in war / Men are disproportionally targeted for violence and gendercide
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