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There are a wide variety of social sex selections methods which have not
been demonstrated to be effective. Because even implausible and ineffective
methods have a "success" rate of 50%, many continued to be recommended
by word of mouth.
As early as 330 BC, Aristotle prescribed the tying off of the left testicle in
men wishing to have boys.
Evidence suggests couples in the United Kingdom tend to pick sons and
daughters in roughly even numbers. Most clinics in the United States treat
only those parents who already have a child of the other sex.
Although problems such as rising crime rates may be associated with high
male-female ratios (more males than females), it is not clear that such
problems would arise in connection with low male-female ratios (fewer
males than females). In addition, cultural practices such as polyamory and
polyandry may reduce or eliminate potential problems. Also incentives for
emigration of young singles out of gender imbalanced nations into more
gender balanced nations, has often been seen as another solution to reduce
potential social problems
Sex selection is legal in most of the world, and it's practiced particularly in
Western countries, but is more limited in Eastern countries, such as India or
China. However, an exception of this is Europe, where the practice of sex-
selection is prohibited (bar the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). There
is fertility tourism from the United Kingdom to the United States for sex
selection, because pre implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD, a potential
expansion of IVF), which can be used for sex selection, is prohibited in the
UK, except when it is used to screen for genetic diseases, while the laws in
the US are more relaxed in this subject.
Competition also was contected on the same topic of sex selection. T here
was article writing, drawing and speech competition also where held on the
same day. There were around 120 participant took part in the competitions.