Gender Selection

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Sociology

Research Paper

I approached this paper in a much different way then any other paper
I have ever written. The topic that I have chosen is sex selection and since
this topic is so new I felt that every resource was very unique and had a lot
to offer. That is why I have chosen to write this paper in order of the
resources I have found. I hope that you do not mind.
Technology nowadays is phenomenal. There is so much that
technology is now able to do, and there is also a lot of competition out there
concerning technology. With the technology today there truly is no limit to
what someone can do.

Technology has become so advanced that couples can now even
decide what sex they want their child to be. Sex selection is an unbelievably
expensive and quite silly process. I would think that as long as a couple has
a healthy baby that they would be happy, but not any more. Couples want it
all and now they are capable of doing just that. Sex selection has always
been around but not the way it is today.
Accurately selecting the sex of ones child has been a goal of many
cultures since man has been on earth. Some superstition has created many
outrageous practices for the reproduction of a child of a desired sex at the
time of conception. Recommendations for having males include, having sex
in dry weather when the moon is full, the nut harvest is plentiful, and there is
a north wind. Many parents throughout history have resorted to selective
abortion and infanticide, to guarantee them the sex of their children.
With more recent advances in technology couple have more
assistance with an accurate method of selecting the sex of their child before
conception. At this time there are two methods that provide the best results
for sex selection, they are pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of
embryos and sperm-sorting through flow cytometry. The ethical and legal
dilemmas presented with pre...