Gendercide

A few months ago I came across a paper written by Amartya Sen, (a so-called "Mother Teresa of Economics" for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, gender inequality, and political liberalism) called "More than 100 Million Women Are Missing" that discusses a mysterious hole in history where he estimates should've been 100 million females. From sacrificing women in ancient religious ceremonies, to court-killing women for being infertile, to conviction of "witch craft" leading to burning at the stake, to the Montreal Massacre, to the Pickton trials, to the effects of China's one-child policy, Sen explores and tries to predicate where this ridiculous number of women have really gone and why.

The latest edition of The Economist Magazine released a piece titled "Gendercide" which follows a very similar suit to the work by Sen.
It discusses the truth about the mass abortions and murders of girls based solely on the fact that they are... girls. There is discussion about the harsh reality of this very normalized practice of killing fetuses, newborns and even up to 4-year old females, among other factors which are outlined in the essay.
Who would've thought that a $12 ultrasound option could reform humanity?
And this is NOT only happening in China where the one-child policy is implemented.

"The boy-girl ratio is above 200 for a third child in some places."

While these killings happen because of the age-old tradition that males are more useful to carry on the family name, work physically harder and other annoyingly sticky stereotypes, they are happening because of today's world that continues to favour the success of boys, boys, boys who obviously do have a kickstart on life, from their moment of birth.
I definitely encourage you to read on.