We read in the ARA an article, quite surprising, by The Economist which is titled "Why are more and more families preferring girls over boys?" Gosh, you. And it explains cases of couples who cry when they're told it's "a boy" and that the networks are full of a pathology (it's not new, but it's been given a name) called "gender disappointment" and they show "the sadness of not having a little girl." I was going to say that we deserve extinction, but it's not necessary. We're close at hand.
Since apparently, and for the first time in history, girls are "preferred" (in times and civilizations where boys were preferred it was for economic reasons), we explain it without much fuss and in a banal way. If boys were preferred, as they have been until now, we would say it's sexism. The article doesn't show any scandal; it just confirms.
Is it appropriate, or sane, for a father or mother to cry because it turns out they're having a boy and not a girl? Is a parent who cries because it turns out they're having a boy and not a girl and posts it on Instagram fit or sane? How will they raise them? How will they dress them? What will they say at the school reunion? What will they say when they're older and see the video? I understand that adoptive parents should be given a fitness test and have their house inspected to prove they'll be able to care for a baby, but I'd argue that biological parents should be put through the same test. I'd advise all these crazy parents to get pets instead of having children, but I'll be careful not to get burned. I can already see them. They're the kind who would paint the dog's nails, dress it in designer clothes, and put bows in its hair.
