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Asians Appear To Like Little Boys Better!

2009_06_lastemp.jpg The NY Times looks at recent census data that suggests an interesting trend in Chinese, Korean and Indian families in America: "If the first child was a girl, it was more likely that a second child would be a boy... If the first two children were girls, it was even more likely that a third child would be male. Demographers say the statistical deviation among Asian-American families is significant, and they believe it reflects not only a preference for male children, but a growing tendency for these families to embrace sex-selection techniques, like in vitro fertilization and sperm sorting, or abortion." CUNY's Joyce Moy says even younger immigrants have held onto the idea that "Families depend on the male child for support," while Dr. Norbert Gleicher, director of a "fertility and sex-selection clinic in New York and Chicago, said that from his experience, people were more inclined to want female children, except for Asians and Middle Easterners."

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  • Da Kine

    So I guess in Asian culture, men never become lazy, good-for-nothing, couch potatoes.

  • NannyState

    Personally, I dig asian girls.





    ...what was this about?

  • Snoopy

    I'm really sorry about my last report but? Come on people. This is not good for the future of mankind.



    It doesn't matter what you are it has to be with what you can be.

  • Snoopy

    The original article had something to do with female fetuses and how they should be cooked I believe. Sorry but I don't read Chinese.

  • r1b2

    Lots of people like little boys better. They join NAMBLA.

  • r1b2

    Lots of people like little boys better. They join NAMBLA.

  • Clarice City

    This is just sick and disturbing.

  • babyhitler

    who the fuck gives a shit? there are over a billion people in asia. If they want to fuck up their genetic pool by having more boys it won't even put a dent into their rapid colonization of the eastern hemisphere. This is why mother nature made gays.

  • matty

    I didn't realize this was a new phenomenon. I know that "bare branches" in China (unmarried males) are a serious problem, with men out numbering women by a larger margin. That, combined with Females in China choosing work over marrriage and children suggests a population freeze in the near future.

  • GREGORYABUTLER

    News flash - they let women work AND have kids now!



    There are even MARRIED women with a husband, a kid AND a job!



    Really!



    Ever heard of these places called day care centers?



    They watch women's kids while they are at work - really!



    And some well off women hire these ladies called nannies who come to their house and watch their kids while they are at work - really!



    So, yes, having kids and working are not an either/or for women these days they can actually do both - in case you didn't know!

  • ANGRYGOD11

    It also points to a major crime explosion.

    Over 20 million men have no real chance for a bride in China. What do they have to lose? What future are they living for in culture where family is the center of it all?

    And don't forget: The majority of Chinese men are poor peasants and struggling workers without a social net.

  • schadenfreudian mensch

    You're right. They have nothing to lose and it's more like 32 million single men and crime is the least of the government's problem. I would say a whole scale riots if not political upheavals is in the works for the near future of China. Not a pretty picture.

  • Snoopy

    That's the best news I've heard in quite a while.

  • matty

    Why? I love asian women. The more the merrier. In fact I am in a club called "asian women and the gwai-lo who love them"

  • Snoopy

    I was talking about the freeze in population growth, not whether they are male or female.



    If the world has fewer people it will be beneficial to all. And I don't mean by killing them, but by simply not replacing them above a sustainable figure.

  • Trilby16

    Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor.

  • Kojak

    Is it just me, or was that picture lifted straight from The Golden Child with Eddie Murphy?

  • schadenfreudian mensch

    It's just you. It's from Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor."

  • petemac

    This isn't exactly breaking news. If you go to adopt a baby in China, you are 99.9% likely to get a girl. I would say 100%, except I know someone who adopted a boy. But its rare.

  • Rocknrope

    You guys are missing the point. While yes, it's typical to favor boys in China, this is happening in AMERICA. The article seems to state that these are asian american immigrants, but the couple interviewed also seem to have grown up here most of their lives.



    You would think that Asian Americans raised here have a more progessive attitude towards child sex preference, but I guess this article is saying that's not the case.

  • ANGRYGOD11

    Forget about a progressive attitude.

    Women are more likely than men (barring pregnancy)to graduate from high school, college and graduate school. They are more family oriented. And in the USA, the traditional Asian idea of losing daughters to the son-in-law's family makes no sense.

    From a crass utilization perspective, girls are the better deal.

  • Gnomie

    I know, with so much information available about the social impact of the one child policy I'm surprised this is being treated like some new phenomenon

  • Wza

    Note to self, next time you're invited to an Asian party, don't go. Possible sausagefest.

  • hotstepper

    poor asian boys will grow up competing for the rarefied asian female. i predict a surge of lonely wankers and a huge market for robot love.



    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21271545/

  • felixthecat2

    In my opninion, Females are more supportive to their mother than males

  • ANGRYGOD11

    Women are more supportive to everybody.

    When dear old dad is widowed or sick, his little girl will more likely be there for him than Jr.

  • felixthecat2

    100% agreed, women are so better than us.

  • hotstepper

    poor thing. is there no end to your self-loathing?

  • freddynyc

    Have researchers found that Latino men, especially those from Mexico, seem to have a preference for little girls?

  • felixthecat2

    Nope, Snoopy is italian not latino and latinos men like myself don't like children. Pedophiles often have few friends, latinos are very social

  • Snoopy

    You are one broken record.

  • PBRK

    It seems like everyone is having boys right now tho. In the next generation of my family 14 out of 17 kids are boys. And no one is asian.

  • JRod5417

    I would agree with you both, but given he is the director of a fertility and sex-selection clinic, he may know better.

  • Kojak

    True. This is a well documented issue in Asia, and I do hope there is a change in attitude soon. Natural selection usually opts for more females to males (51% to 49%, Respectively) A higher ratio of males can cause serious social instability and a even crash in population.



    Not to mention nobody likes a sausagefest.

  • schadenfreudian mensch

    Tons of guys, no jobs and no women social unrest is right. You're just asking for major bloodshed on the streets with guys with too much idle time.

  • GREGORYABUTLER

    Guys with too much idle time and not enough nookie is a very dangerous thing!

  • felixthecat2

    except they need viagra to function and they can't afford viagra since they no longer have insurance and they don't have insurance because they lost their jobs which cause the malfunction.

  • schadenfreudian mensch

    No, the major "malfunction" is cause by too much damn smoking.

  • felixthecat2

    Meat is worst. Is Vegan the New Viagra?

    Eating vegetables is macho. Impotence is not.

    http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/treat-impotence-vegan-diet.html

  • VanessaNYC

    Kojak,



    Not true. Once in a while I like a sausage festival.

  • Kojak

    Ah yes I recognize the female attraction to large quantities of sausage to choose from. I yield the floor.

  • Mattachine

    I thought this was an article about pedophiles! Change the title!!

  • GREGORYABUTLER

    I call NO HOMO on that headline!

  • freddynyc

    Yes, so did the study find that Asian males prefer little boys more than their female counterparts?

  • nopainnogain

    agreed... he obviously have not updated his study...



    that's what my grandmother used to think...

  • Rocknrope

    That is some wack generalizing, Dr. Norbert.

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