Are women really at risk of disappearing?"reaction"

Published in June 14th,11, an article on the week magazine tittled " Are women really at risk of disappearing?" is examine a claim made by journalist Mara Hvistendahl , the author of  " Unnatural selection:Choosing boys over girls and the consequences of a world full of men " , where she is suggesting the possible existences of female gender extension phenomenon. In her book she presented statistics to proof her claim. For example in China the ratio for boys births to girls births is 120 to 100 which gives a clear example on tensity of the issues presented.
The article mentioned how more than some couples in countries such as India and China tend to avoid having females by aborting them after discovering the baby gender via ultrasound . Researches found out that 600,000 female fetuses are aborted in India each year which under line Mara's speculations and claims  . Governments are trying according to the article to minimize this dilemma before it get out of hand by providing incentives for parents who give birth to a baby girl. For instance , In Fuji, parents who have two girls get a $150 annual pension for life, as well as health care, housing, and education benefits.
Personally , I do believe that this problem exist , and I have seen live evidence of the validity of Mara's claims . But on the other hand I also believe that nature has it own ways of balancing things out. The ratio of males vs. female births in china is in favor of males but in another place on earth  females probably exceed males births , a result that will balance the whole equation .It is similar to what had happen after War World I &II , In a 2000 study , Jan Graffelman and Rolf Hoekstra conducted a research that covered birth data for the U.S. and selected European countries from the mid-1800s onward, focusing on the first and second world wars post results , their was a decrease in male gender births postwar , this was explained as nature way of correcting human interventions. This is actually called Fisher's principle. Ronald Fisher, is an English biologist and statistician that explained it all in 1930 , where he said that the forces of natural selection militate in favor of roughly equal numbers of girl and boy babies.

Reaction on "Facebook's facial recognition: Privacy invasion?"

According to“Facebook's facial recognition: Privacy invasion?" which is an article published on the ninth of June,2011 by The Week magazine , a crusade
is up against social networking sites especially Facbook because of the new introduced electronic  feature “ Tag suggestions" which allows Facebook data base to automatically identify people in  uploaded photos using  facial recognition software and tag them to whom it
matches  . European Union regulators attacked this new service calling it an
invasion of privacy looking at how FB sitting for this feature as  default without the user
permission as Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) a EU regulator claims, he said "it should be able to stand on its own, without an automatic sign-up that changes users' privacy settings without their permission."  FB company responded to these accusation by explaining that introducing this feature was a reaction on users complains about how the process of tagging their friends is becoming more irritating . Also, FB adds that it can be easily disabled which will make it useful to whom chose to use and not to those whom chose to ignore  .Another major companies mentioned in the article to support both parties
allegations , for instance, Google company choose to ignore the service , while  Apple company
actually reported recently  to purchase Rose polar rose company which is a facial recognition
company .

Considering that I am a facebook user myself , I tend to look at the whole process of adding new features as a way to enhance the service provided which will be based on several surveys and customers opinions, such a move will cost millions and millions of dollars , which indicates that FB must have done their researches to satisfy the majority of their customers , Also , in order to satisfy the minority of their users , the feature can be easily disabled , which absolve FB from any blame because nothing is done against the user well . So basically it is a win win situation for the new feature users and ignores .

Japan's 'sacrificial' elderly nuclear cleanup squad ..Reaction

" Japan's
totally awesome old people " is what The Week magazine had described a
group of  over-60 retired Japanese engineers and other professionals in an
article published in June 3rd, 2011 titled "Japan's Sacrificial' Elderly
Nuclear Cleanup Squad". As the article mentioned, after the calamity that
hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in the east cost of Japan , a cleanup
campaign is on motion at the time . Though, this is necessary to be
done, it will unfortunately be a long dreadful life jeopardizing efforts ,
due to the fact that two and more workers in their 30s and 40s who were among
those assigned to the cleaning process were reportedly exposed to potentially
deadly amounts of radiation at the site of the destroyed nuclear power facility.
Therefore, the mentioned group of altruistic elders jumped in to save
the day in order to achieve a couple of things, the first is to save the Youngers'
future which still lie ahead of them. Also, to prove that a retire
person can be helpful to the community even after he was let go based on
the thought that he can’t do the job anymore . Eventually, their
approach was denied by the Japanese government. The article here, call
their case to the public questioning the lawmakers decision and debate whether
they should be allowed to do that or not.

The subject was displayed in an emotional way that approaches any
reader, but that still does not dismiss the sensitivity and morality of
the situation, which will be clear by answering the question on what If
those people are over 60 , does that justify letting them  sacrifice themselves.

I am really confused about this as many of the readers of this article , On
one hand , those brave elders do have a point on why they are doing this , and
they should be given the freedom to help in the way  they see is right and rewarding .But on the
other hand , it’s not ethical or human to approve such a suicidal attempt with
cold blood , though it is for a higher purpose .

Should a baby's gender be kept a secret?reacation

"Should a Baby's Gender be Kept a Secret?" is an article posted on The Week magazine's website on May 26, 2011. The article basically view reactions and opinions over a Canadian family's decision to not share their baby Storm's gender with people out side the family, In other words "the community." The views and feeling toward this act split between proponents and opponents to the matter . People who agree with the family decision, see that it is an attempt to spare the baby from any gender discrimination and they actually labeled the news about the baby's gender as a personal issue that concern the family only, though they believe it is a wild step and a bold experiment . Others, who disagree with the family decision see that the outcome of this call will effect the baby negatively on the long run, by effecting his or her sense of identity .
I do tend to agree with what the family is trying to achieve but I totally disagree with how they are doing it , no one can stand to be alone in this world , and the sense of belonging to a certain group is crucial to survive. Also ,the feeling of acceptness is important to any boy or girl in their youth , their sexual orientation is last thing they think of as children , so it is a premature worries for the family to hold . Depriving the child from its identity that he/she was born with will backfire strongly on the child, because at the end it is individual call that many others will not tolerate and it will be categorized under the unknown which a lot of mentalities will question and automatically fear of. therefore,  the family here actually created new problems for the baby that are way bigger than being discriminated against based on his or her gender .