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This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of gender inequality in China. Issues of gender distribution and labor force participation are emphasized. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Gender Inequality in China , 3/2011 --for more
information on using this paper properly! Gender equality is an issue which must be addressed globally. While some countries have managed to make decent headway towards addressing the fundamental
social and cultural disparities that exist between the status of men and women, other nations and cultures have not been so progressive. It is therefore important to examine each nation
in turn along dimensions of labor force participation, population dynamics, the distribution of gender, gender occupation, and family structure, with an eye towards identifying the cultural trends most responsible for
remaining gender inequalities. This paper will explore the phenomenon of gender inequality in contemporary China. Distribution of Gender Distribution of gender in China has been skewed somewhat
by the existence of the "One Birth Policy", which has been in place for more than 30 years. The policy restricts families from having more than one child outside of
certain rare extenuating circumstances. Consequently, many families prefer to use a variety of family planning techniques to ensure that they produce a son rather than a daughter. With a one
child limit imposed, this is the only way in which a family can ensure the continuation of its name through successive generations. As a result of this cultural preference, the
sex ratio in China has become progressively more skewed and incongruent over the years. As of 2011, there are some 113 males to every 100 females at birth in China,
while the population itself has a ratio of 106 to 100 (Central Intelligence Agency, 2011). This figure, while slight, is significantly skewed from the ideal distribution of 105 males to
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