An edition of Gendercide
(2014)
Gendercide
by Noah Berlatsky
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This volume explores numerous aspects of gendercide around the world, including the relationship between sex-selection abortion and gendercide, the relationship between gender-related violence and genocide, and those who are the target of gendercide.
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Table of Contents
ch. 1.
What are common practices of gendercide in developing countries?
Sex-selective abortion is leading to unprecedented gendercide in the developing world -- The Economist
Sex selection in the developing world today is neither unprecedented nor gendercide -- Edgar Dahl
China's one-child policy has contributed to the abortion of girls -- Anu Liisanantti and Karin Beese
Abortion of girls is a problem in India -- Gursharan Singh Kainth
Gendercide of girls in China has driven the growth of sex trafficking -- Susan Tiefenbrun and Christie J. Edwards
Worldwide human trafficking is a myth -- Zbigniew Dumienski -- ch. 2.
What are common practices of gendercide in developed countries?
British immigrant communities commit gendercide via sex-selective abortion -- Kishwar Desai
Stoking fears that British immigrant communities commit gendercide is only aimed at limiting abortion -- Jennie Bristow
Sex-selective abortion must be banned in the United States to prevent gendercide of girls -- Keith Fournier
Banning sex-selective abortion in the United States will only increase sexism and the gendercide of girls -- Michelle Goldberg
Selective abortions prompt call for later ultrasounds -- Huffington Post
Restricting ultrasound information in Canada is morally wrong and will not prevent gendercide -- Heather Mallick -- ch. 3.
What is the relationship between gender-related violence and genocide?
Gendercide is closely related to genocide -- Heather McRobie
Gendercide is genocide -- Rita Banerji
Mass rape of women can be a form of genocide -- Anthony Marino
Rape of men is often unacknowledged during genocide -- Will Storr
Violence against women was an important part of the Holocaust -- Rochelle Saidel -- ch. 4.
Who is the target of gendercide?
Islamic culture targets women for gendercide -- Alexander Christie-Miller
Honor killings of Muslim males in the west -- Daniel Pipes
Blood feuds are gendercide against men in the Balkans -- Adam Jones
Women are targeted for violence in war -- Sandra I. Cheldelin
Men are disproportionally targeted for violence and gendercide -- David Benatar.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
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