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    bowleserised: It also says that they might not have wanted help. The UK debate seems to be polarised by Laura Agustin ("it's all women with free agency, coming her... more »
    dahliacactus: I've seen many articles on this generation of only children, many of whom are choosing to live child-free as they reach their 20's. The up thread comm... more »
    honeybadger: I can't put my finger on the responses to this post and how we view "China" with a Westernized notion and we continue to "other" it as savage and back... more »
    topsy: Let me get this straight. Due to the One Child Rule, Chinese people were abandoning little girls. This became an economic boon because the government... more »
    AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover: What's up with the the police seeming so indifferent (except to harass invested parents, tearing down posters)? more »
    Mama Penguino: And so you know, Mr. P and I are more than likely going to have to remove our application to adopt a sister for Little P next year. We've been on the ... more »
    DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Uh, didn't we all see this coming? (Not the kidnap/baby bride part. The shortage of wimmenz part) Simple math over pride would have made this startli... more »
    BlondeGrlz: In the Times article, the family who's daughter had been kidnapped were allowed to have anther baby because their first child was a girl. I don't know... more »
    Beat Girl: Oh Google ads, offering us an Asian mail order bride next to this article is the worst malfunction of your system I've yet seen. more »
    SarahMC: See? Misogyny has consequences. Namely, more misogyny. :( more »
    YourScreenplaySucks: Figures. One might imagine that a shortage of women would lead to increased social power for women (as it does for men when the situation is reversed)... more »
    so5minutesago: But if you're kidnapped as a baby and raised with the boy you are supposed to marry, wouldn't that end up making you more like siblings? I know, total... more »
    Rare Affinity: Why don't the one child families adopt the female children in the Chinese orphanges rather than buying them from kidnappers? more »
    pond-side-over: Jesus Christ, don't these people have mothers? =( more »
    bowleserised: Technically dowry = financial compensation taken by the bride into her new family, and bridewealth = financial compensation given by groom to the brid... more »
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    Missing Persons

    Out of the 255 trafficked sex workers rescued in the UK between 2006 and 2008, a shocking 166 of them have "vanished." Although the missing women refused government aid, they may have been "far too frightened" to accept help. [Telegraph]
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    Baby Girls On The Black Market

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    Man Sells Daughter For Meat, Beer

    A man in Greenfield, CA was arrested Sunday on the suspicion of human trafficking. Police say that he tried to sell his own daughter. More »