Gender Selection
For centuries there had been one sex that dominated the development of society. Laws, religion and lifestyle all revolved around the idea that one sex, the male sex, was dominant. Oppressed and considered inferior, women would obey the men, forgo all rights and accept all responsibility. Only recently, with the emergence of the women's liberation movement, have both sexes been considered equal. For the first time in human history, both sexes have been given the chance to fulfill their potentials without discrimination. Parents, despite preferences of having a girl, or a boy, have known that regardless, their child would have an equal opportunity at life. The cutting edge technology, however, means that all this could change. The ability of parents to actually select the gender of their child could have not only devastating effects on society, but on the lives of so many children and parents. Whether parents had a girl or a boy has always been left up to nature to decide. To date, no-one has dared interfere with the genetic workings of the body, mainly because the technol
Where is the line drawn when it comes to controlling a human life? If gender alterations are allowed, what will come next? Perhaps parents will opt for children with blonde hair, blue eyes and exceptional intellect over ones that are truly theirs. No matter how it is put, the technological manipulation of gender is dangerous, and discriminatory in almost every way. The selection of gender discriminates, first and foremost, against one particular gender. However, that could lead to discrimination against people with specific genetic diseases, and the poor. Humans "playing God" has long been a controversial topic, however, when it comes to tampering with the life of a human being, the choice is clear. Leave the child how it was created, don't recreate the child and strip it of its identity. The arguments for gender altering may appear convincing. Some genetic diseases may be passed on to one gender only, and the parents may wish to ensure their child is not of that gender and therefore has no chance of being born with the disease. By doing this, the parents are robbing the chil
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Approximate Word count = 731
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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