Thread by @MSS3RosaFerreum

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ You cite _Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide_. The figures in that work of "[w]omen and girls are killed specifically because of their gender." includes sex-selective abortion (nytimes.com/2009/09/08/boo…).

Is abortion murder, @TheMightyV24?

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ There is a compelling reason for those sex-selective abortions: survival of the parents in old age. Boys are future Social Security cheques.

“The Chinese traditionally have valued sons over daughters, depending on their sons to support them in old age” (jstor.org/stable/189961?…).

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ “Sons are permanent members of their natal families and retain life-time contractual relationships with their parents. Throughout their lives, they are expected to contribute to the economic well-being of their parents” (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…).

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ “In contrast, daughters are only transitory members of their natal families; after marriage, they begin to contribute to the family households of their parents-in-law” (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…).

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ “In this tradition, daughters generally cannot claim property from their parents and also have no formal obligation to support them” (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…).

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ “Although daughters are expected to contribute to their natal families before marriage, married women are no longer expected to contribute financially to their parents’ households” (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…).

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ “[Female infanticide] can be attributed to families who seek a son as their only child. This practice is especially prevalent in rural areas, as couples prefer sons to daughters because sons can assist in farm labor activities” (digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewconten…).

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ “For a long time, a son was your pension. Having a girl was wasteful” (google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…).

There is value in boys to parents because of each man's obligation to that man's parents. When women do not have the same obligation, girls do not have the same value.

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ The solution, which apparently has already been implemented, is the make women equally responsible to their parents as men are and, thereby, make girls equally valuable to boys.

There are many problems that can be corrected by correcting the #GenderedLaborGap. This is one.

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ @threadreaderapp, unroll.

@TheMightyV24 @GretaAurora @SeagerMJ @threader_app, please compile.