The Demographic Masculinisation of China: Hoping for a Son

Introduction.- Part one: Visible Demographic Discrimination: Chapter 1: Overview.- Chapter 2: Why are there more Boys than Girls?.- Chapter 3: A Geography of Discrimination.- Chapter 4: Discrimination against Girls in Early Childhood.- Chapter 5: Life-Long Inequality.- Appendices: Appendix 1: Maternal Mortality.- Appendix 2: Women and Suicide.- Appendix 3: Female-to-male ratio of Probabilities of Dying in Different Age Groups at a Given Level of Male Life Expectancy at Birth in Various Countries.- Chapter 6: A Phenomenon not Unique in China.- Part Two: A System of Norms and Values that Favours Males .- Chapter 7: The Status of Women in Traditional Chinese Societies.- Chapter 8: Women, Feminism and Femininity.- Appendix: Five Pilot Implementations of the "Care for Girls" Campaign.- Chapter 9: Persistent Social and Economic Disparities.- Chapter 10: Discriminatory Practices and Factors in Masculinization.- Chapter 11: Familial and Socioeconomic Reasons behind Discrimination.- Conclusion: What Demographic Perspectives for China and the World?.- References.