“As Good as a Boy” But Still a Girl: Gender Equity Within the Context of China’s One-Child Policy

What would happen if gender inequality were suddenly and forcefully proclaimed to be non-existent by the authorities? The Chinese one-child policy has to some extent functioned as a unique social experiment to answer this question. Historically, sons have been preferred in China. Yet, with the restr...

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Main Authors: Yijie Wang, Yanan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2022-03-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221082097