The Chinese are smart people.
Who on earth do they think is going to bear the sons in the future if girls aren’t born?
I don’t get it.
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1. Yes, they are.
2. They know all this.
Side note: Tibetan dowries were SO expensive that brothers and male cousins used to pool their scarce resources and TOGETHER buy ONE wife. She inherited the lovely task of taking care of FOUR men, food, sex, the whole nine yards.
3. Neither do I. That kind of blind spot BOGGLES the mind. They really don't like women. They bound the feet of their wealthy women...just for the look of tiny "lotus feet." How SICK was that?
I don’t think the communists thought through consequences of their one child policy when they forced it on the country.
Among the consequences were that, given the strong preference for boys in their culture, that many people would take action to make sure that their one child was a boy.
Neither does anyone else.
The difference is that China had, in essence, mandatory charity among formally married couples, provided by the immediate community... in the 16th century!
There are many chapters in the following book extensively answering the very question you posed --- in the historical context :
Asia, and China specifically, plays a major role in the narrative.
Who on earth do they think is going to bear the sons in the future if girls aren’t born?
I don’t get it.
Japan's women. Taiwan's women. Get the picture?