sex-selection

okay, so i just wrote this, but apparently i've become a bit complacent in my making sure i write in word and then copy it in to this, so i tried to publish it and lost it. this may be a more abbreviated form.

basically it's about a story i saw about people who go through a big expensive process that (my understanding) is still legal in the states, but not in most other western countries. it's a process to choose the sex of their children. essentially it's sperm selection and then artificial insemination.

i saw a thing on it last night on sex tv.

there was this woman who was the core of the story. she creeped me out. i have never seen someone want a child of a particular sex so desperately. some back story on her... she had a child, was disappointed to see it was a boy. had a second child. was so disappointed she cried. then went and did this procedure to be able to have her long awaited girl. she said that since it's not 100% she wouldn't know until the baby was born, but if it was another boy she would be heartbroken. she rapidly assured the audience that she would learn to love this child too, but really she wants a girl. anyway, turns out she had her girl so she was very happy.

she also kept talking about gender selection. i realise i might be getting carried away in the politically correct arena here, falling back into university days and so on. but since gender is a construct and sex is a biological thing, i can't help thinking she'll be very disappointed if her little girl doesn't end up being a girly girl. Really, it feels like this woman is looking for a big doll to play with.

all i can say is i'm so glad i'm not one of her kids. the pressure on her daughter to be girly will be huge, and her sons, well, her sons are going to be a disappointment no matter what they do because they're girls. it's a shitty shitty way to live.

i don't know, i'm a pretty open minded person, but the whole sex-selection thing kind of makes my skin crawl.
okay, that’s my little societal insight that creeped me out this weekend. how about you? anything creep you out lately?