女性地位低的层级推演——对出生性别比偏高背后隐象的探析

The Key Variable Affecting the High Sex Ratio at Birth in China: Lower Social Status of Women:

目前学术界对出生性别比偏高原因的争论主要集中在出生婴儿性别次序先后与下一孩次性别关系以及计划生育政策和女婴存在漏报、瞒报的影响等三个方面,本文在对三大传统观点提出质疑的基础上,先从生物学、计划生育政策、医学技术三个方面,而后从性别偏好,最后从女性地位低这三级递进的层次,推演和探析出生性别比偏高的原因,从而明晰出生性别比偏高的终极原因在于女性地位低这一事实。并努力从女性地位、男性偏好以及出生性别比三者关系上构造出一个新的分析框架。

At Present, the leading arguments on the causes of high sex ratio at birth are the relation betwin the gender of new born child in birth order and the gender of next child, family planning policy and the familiar of reporting the girl babies both technically or purposely. After the refutation of these three traditional views, this paper analyses respectively the biological, the birth policy, the medical technology, gender preference and deduces the conclusion that the most important cause of high sex ratio at birth, is the woman＇s low social status. With this viewpoint, the paper tries to construct a new framework consisting of women＇ s social status, son preference and sex ratio at birth in the analysis of high sex ratio at birth.