This policy had been criticized by many goverment and non-goverment organizations and also the church. This caused a lot of things to the family. Please include about your view in "Little Emperor syndrome" and the "discrimination to girls".
Thanks a lot. ;-)
2007-02-21 00:51:30 · 5 answers · asked by The Prince 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Absolutely yes. When you come to China, you will have the same feeling with me.
2007-02-24 16:23:50 · answer #1 · answered by Big Digger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those two issues you've cited lean towards the negative outcomes of this policy, because it is without a doubt that coupled with the tradition of preferring boys to girls in Chinese families, the balance between the sexes have been quite seriously upset by those parents who would rather abort/kill/abandon girl-babies than acknowledge on an official basis (i.e. on legal documentation) that that only child in the family is a girl who won't carry on the family name.
However, criticism of the policy should be tempered by the following issues:-
1) the one-child policy allows exemptions for agricultural families in the backwater provinces where labour (male) is in high demand. That means the policy will most affect non-agricultural families. Whether townspeople, who have less of a reason to insist on males-babies and are arguably more "progressive-thinking" actually do kill off their female offspring in this day and age - you'll need to find the statistics. All I know is that female infanticide was rampant 10 years ago, but it does not mean that this is still the case.
2) changing attitudes over the years - I've heard that in many parts of China, getting the husband to adopt the wife's family name is now not uncommon, and depending on the way you look at it, could mean either an inflexible insistance of "carrying on the family name" or an indications of relaxing attitudes to the importance of having a male-child to carry on the name. Besides, if adopting a male orphan can satisfy the purpose of carrying on the family name, isn't this a side benefit that is not all negative?
3) (over)population vs sustainable growth argument; the collective good vs individual autonomy argument - if one agrees that there is overpopulation in China and that the collective good should trump all, the basis for the policy appears to be quite justifiable.
4) Little Emperors are a problem, its not just a problem with the individual, but also the breakdown of the family unit and society as a whole (whose cohesion is much emphasized as the basis of traditional Confucius philosophy). As against that, one has to question whether focusing more and better resources on the select upbringing of one child in the family isn't such a bad idea after all.
2007-02-21 04:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by florine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do agree. the world is over populated. something needs to be done. i am more in favor of sterilization of the stupid and fertile.
as for the other part of your question, it is just another example of a male dominated society. males are valued more than females because of their ability to carry on the family name. which by the way, is ridiculous. a woman should be able to keep her own name. the name thing is an old tradition that needs to be phased out.
i would love to give you more on this subject but, alas, i have a broken finger and am not used to typing without it. sorry.
but i do hope you see my point.
2007-02-21 01:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by luvbuggies 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not my business to agree or disagree with China. It has been reported though that this practice has severely unbalanced the two sexes in their country. So it appears they have gone a little overboard.
2007-02-21 00:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Me and mine, bub. China can do what they want with their's. If the Chinese people don't like it, they can fix it. We've got enough on our plate in THIS country to fix. Do I agree with it? For them, sure. For me, not on your life.
2007-02-21 01:03:23 · answer #5 · answered by Michael E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋