Meaning of gynecide | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The technology of sex preselection enables people, particularly men, to act on their biases against women; it is not an exaggeration to regard the potential results as a form⟳ of gynecide – that is, a wrongful form⟳ of sexual discrimination that reduces the relative number⟳ of females.”

“So though there is nothing here to indicate⟳ any widespread gynecide, there does seem to be an assumption that women will be trying to have⟳ male children.”

“The pressure to reduce⟳ these practices will almost certainly increase⟳, if only because governments have⟳ finally done the demographic arithmetic and realized that gynecide today means unruly bachelors tomorrow […].”

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