Tue, 28 Sep 2004

Chinese 'fear rising infidelity'

The Chinese government offical quoted in the article blames the "opening up of society" for the loss of "confidence in the loyalty of marriage". Actually, I suspect that there's a much more prosaic culprit here: Chinese government policy of "one child per family" that has resulted, over the years in a huge surplus of males. Some go so far as to call this "gendercide".

Young men will find an outlet for their sexual and reproductive urges: and with so many men to pick and choose from, it sounds like Chinese women are following their basic biological instincts as well.

Paternity tests are on the rise in Beijing as suspicious husbands try to check if their wives are loyal, reports say.

(link) [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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