I think that sex selection is some form of gender discrimination. Choosing to have a certain amount of boys in the family or a certain amount of girls and so on, just seems wrong.Is it so they can even out the family of having 2 boys and 2 girls, as an example? or so they can carry on certain genes or to be able to be athletic etc. I think sex selection is giving up the ability of God being able to give you the gift of being able to have children. I would think just being able to have a child and God giving you the ability to have children should be good/special enough because some people cant even concieve.
The article we read in class on Friday mentioned this and although I never thought of this aspect of sex selection, I agree as well. Choosing one gender over another is basically saying that one will fulfill someone's expectations more. I know in some cultures it is expected that families should raise primarily boys, but that doesn't make it right. I agree with Kathleen--Parents should just be happy that they are able to have a child. Also,in life, people are given many obstacles and when people deal with the unexpected, there usually is a good outcome. So even if someone wanted one gender and got the other, they could still be happy.
I think that sex selection is a form of gender discrimination but I dont think its wrong. We only speak of families choosing to have a boy over a girl, but im sure there are alot of families out there who would rather have a girl. If a family has 3 boys and 2 girls and wants another girl to balance it out, whats wrong with that? They are already having a baby using IVF so why not go the extra step. We say that it is messing with God's order of things but im pretty sure that we have done much worse with all the technology that we have today. Besides if a family chooses to emplant all male embryos into the mother and she has a baby boy, there is no guarantee he will be super athletic or have any more oppurtunities than a girl will.
I agree with that statement that this is a form of gender discrimination because we cannot place a human's life as more valuable than another person's life. I mean this in the sense that parents will value a boy's life over a girl's life. Also i believe this is wrong because is you want a boy and get a female one might feel different to the female the really didn't want. We cannot chose because no life, male or female is more important. I also agree with Kathleen in the argument that we cannot have a boy or a girl to fulfill our family.
I agree with everyone else and the statement that sex selection is a form of gender discrimination. In the first place, it is wrong in the sense that you are playing the God role in choosing the sex of your child. It is also wrong because in a sense you are choosing and deciding your child's future and life basically based on what you want. If you are going to have a child, it should be naturally chosen for you, and you have no say in the gender outcome
I also agree with everyone else because sex selection is definitely a form of gender discrimination. You are unfairly making a drastic change to the child's life by doing something like that because obviously there is a big difference between being a girl and being a guy. People, as evident in the article, use sex selection to perform abortions on unwanted female embryos and it's also contributing the dominant population of males over females. Some cultures value males over females and using sex selection just complements their prejudices. Due to these reasons, I believe sex selection is immoral.
I would say that in some situations sex selection may be gender discrimination, but in others not at all. A women who has had six boys may want a girl, but is that because she does not like boys...no she has six of them. she may just want the opportunity to nurture and care for a girl, something she has never experienced before. It would seem that there is a tremendous difference between the caring of a boy and girl.
I think that sex selection is wrong. As far as "family balancing" it is a form of discrimination. For example if you have a female and decide to have anthor child and select it to be a male it sends a very bad message to your female. Sex selection is unfairly choosing the offspring of a child for reasons that are immoral.
i think that sex selection is wrong. people have waited and been suprised about the sex of the kid since the begining of time so i dont know why people have to be in charge of the sex now
I think sex selection is wrong, also, and agree with mostly everyone. It's definetly a form of gender discrimination and the majority of the time it's females that are being discriminated against. It's completely unnatural and I think the gender you are should be what God has chosen, not what some scientists chose. Also, I think countries that are just disposing of girls are stupid and are going to have a huge problem when that generation tries to reproduce-- there will be hardly any females in the ratio to males. Also, if a couple uses multiple embryos and some are girls, some are boys, then they dispose of the girl embryos-- I think that's wrong, too, because I think it's completely wrong and immoral to dispose of any embryo, in general.
Thoughtful discussion although a few of the posts are a bit redundant. Be sure that your comments are always moving the conversation forward in some way or another! Also, Erik, I just wanted to clarify that the couples are not changing the sex of a child or an embryo; they are simply selecting one sex over another through IVF, abortion, or sperm-sorting.
I think that sex selection is some form of gender discrimination. Choosing to have a certain amount of boys in the family or a certain amount of girls and so on, just seems wrong.Is it so they can even out the family of having 2 boys and 2 girls, as an example? or so they can carry on certain genes or to be able to be athletic etc. I think sex selection is giving up the ability of God being able to give you the gift of being able to have children. I would think just being able to have a child and God giving you the ability to have children should be good/special enough because some people cant even concieve.
ReplyDeleteThe article we read in class on Friday mentioned this and although I never thought of this aspect of sex selection, I agree as well. Choosing one gender over another is basically saying that one will fulfill someone's expectations more. I know in some cultures it is expected that families should raise primarily boys, but that doesn't make it right. I agree with Kathleen--Parents should just be happy that they are able to have a child. Also,in life, people are given many obstacles and when people deal with the unexpected, there usually is a good outcome. So even if someone wanted one gender and got the other, they could still be happy.
ReplyDeleteI think that sex selection is a form of gender discrimination but I dont think its wrong. We only speak of families choosing to have a boy over a girl, but im sure there are alot of families out there who would rather have a girl. If a family has 3 boys and 2 girls and wants another girl to balance it out, whats wrong with that? They are already having a baby using IVF so why not go the extra step. We say that it is messing with God's order of things but im pretty sure that we have done much worse with all the technology that we have today. Besides if a family chooses to emplant all male embryos into the mother and she has a baby boy, there is no guarantee he will be super athletic or have any more oppurtunities than a girl will.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that statement that this is a form of gender discrimination because we cannot place a human's life as more valuable than another person's life. I mean this in the sense that parents will value a boy's life over a girl's life. Also i believe this is wrong because is you want a boy and get a female one might feel different to the female the really didn't want. We cannot chose because no life, male or female is more important. I also agree with Kathleen in the argument that we cannot have a boy or a girl to fulfill our family.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone else and the statement that sex selection is a form of gender discrimination. In the first place, it is wrong in the sense that you are playing the God role in choosing the sex of your child. It is also wrong because in a sense you are choosing and deciding your child's future and life basically based on what you want. If you are going to have a child, it should be naturally chosen for you, and you have no say in the gender outcome
ReplyDeleteI also agree with everyone else because sex selection is definitely a form of gender discrimination. You are unfairly making a drastic change to the child's life by doing something like that because obviously there is a big difference between being a girl and being a guy. People, as evident in the article, use sex selection to perform abortions on unwanted female embryos and it's also contributing the dominant population of males over females. Some cultures value males over females and using sex selection just complements their prejudices. Due to these reasons, I believe sex selection is immoral.
ReplyDeleteI would say that in some situations sex selection may be gender discrimination, but in others not at all. A women who has had six boys may want a girl, but is that because she does not like boys...no she has six of them. she may just want the opportunity to nurture and care for a girl, something she has never experienced before. It would seem that there is a tremendous difference between the caring of a boy and girl.
ReplyDeleteI think that sex selection is wrong. As far as "family balancing" it is a form of discrimination. For example if you have a female and decide to have anthor child and select it to be a male it sends a very bad message to your female. Sex selection is unfairly choosing the offspring of a child for reasons that are immoral.
ReplyDeletei think that sex selection is wrong. people have waited and been suprised about the sex of the kid since the begining of time so i dont know why people have to be in charge of the sex now
ReplyDeleteI think sex selection is wrong, also, and agree with mostly everyone. It's definetly a form of gender discrimination and the majority of the time it's females that are being discriminated against. It's completely unnatural and I think the gender you are should be what God has chosen, not what some scientists chose. Also, I think countries that are just disposing of girls are stupid and are going to have a huge problem when that generation tries to reproduce-- there will be hardly any females in the ratio to males. Also, if a couple uses multiple embryos and some are girls, some are boys, then they dispose of the girl embryos-- I think that's wrong, too, because I think it's completely wrong and immoral to dispose of any embryo, in general.
ReplyDeleteThoughtful discussion although a few of the posts are a bit redundant. Be sure that your comments are always moving the conversation forward in some way or another! Also, Erik, I just wanted to clarify that the couples are not changing the sex of a child or an embryo; they are simply selecting one sex over another through IVF, abortion, or sperm-sorting.
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