China
The debatable one child policy of China has ultimately stirred many people's emotions and views on how to solve the population problem. Carroll Bogert et al are a fraction of those people whose viewpoint concerning the one child policy leans towards ending it, since it leads to human rights violations and physical abuse. Their article "Rethinking family Values" is mainly concerned with their views on how the one child policy affects orphans who are neglected primarily by their parents and then later by the government in order to rid China of its population problems. While on the other end of the stick Peng Peiyum's "One Family, One Child" argues that the one child policy, although a controversial subject, is however a method of benefiting society and stabilizing the global population. After reviewing the aforementioned articles thoroughly, it was obvious that Peng's article was much stronger than Bogert et al. As they lack strong factual evidence, clarity and implement contradictory points while Peng provides a stronger argument with strong supporting evidence. Bogert et al, though making a passionate effort to convey their views, they fail to provide a convincing piece of work. They argue that family planning leads to negle
The lack of clarity further enhances the reader's puzzlement; this can be seen in the first page of the article where there is no coherence between the last three paragraphs. They first talks about the orphans in China, then in the second to last paragraph she talks about how China will not change the policy and finally she talks about a program where women are using contraceptives. These three paragraphs all add to the articles ideas however the authors jump from one point to the other that the reader is lost and has to reread the same paragraphs a number to times to understand. This weakens the article and makes it all the more confusing. Also, another factor that causes the reader to be reluctant to believe the authors is that they contradict them selves at the end of the piece, when they state that "many women in the countryside would rather have fewer children, but they're under intense pressure from husbands and mothers-in-law to produce babies," (Bogert 2), This means that women are happier with the one child policy since they do not have to get lots of kids and they have the government to support them with their decision. This idea contradicts what the article is saying about how the one child policy is hurting the people of China. And even though one might think that it is hurting the men of China, it's the women who have to carry the child, give birth and mostly raise them not the fathers. Not trying to undermine the father's role however it is a fact that women take a greater responsibility in taking care of the children. And by stating that the women are happier not having a great number of children the writers are furtherm
Some common words found in the essay are:
Family Child, Family Planning, Furthermore Peng's, Communication Campaign, Carroll Bogert, Planning Commission, China Peng's, , child policy, family planning, bogert et, bogert et al, et al, peng's article, peiyun 1, family planning programs, peiyun 2, article provides, family child, family values, rethinking family values, child policy china,
Approximate Word count = 1109
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
