Title Gendercide / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.

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Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	305.3 G325GE	Check Shelf

Description	219 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Opposing viewpoints series
	Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
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.
Summary	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.
Subject	Sexism.
	Sex role.
	Sex preselection.
	Sex of children, Parental preferences for.
	Women -- Social conditions.
	Women -- Crimes against.
	Genocide.
	Genocide. (OCoLC)fst00940208
	Sex of children, Parental preferences for. (OCoLC)fst01114564
	Sex preselection. (OCoLC)fst01114590
	Sex role. (OCoLC)fst01114598
	Sexism. (OCoLC)fst01114686
	Women -- Crimes against. (OCoLC)fst01176618
	Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
Added Author	Berlatsky, Noah.
ISBN	9780737770049 (hardcover)
	073777004X (hardcover)
	9780737770056 (pbk.)
	0737770058 (pbk.)

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