Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of gynocide.
So though there is nothing here to indicate any widespread gynecide, there does seem to be an assumption that women will be trying to have male children.
1997, Amy Richlin, “Pliny's Brassiere”, in Roman Sexualities, Princeton, published 1997, page 2122 more examples
The technology of sex preselection enables people, particularly men, to act on their biases against women; it is not an exaggeration to regard the potential results as a form of gynecide – that is, a wrongful form of sexual discrimination that reduces the relative number of females.
1987, Christine Overall, Ethics and Human Reproduction, Allen & Unwin, published 1989, page 31The pressure to reduce these practices will almost certainly increase, if only because governments have finally done the demographic arithmetic and realized that gynecide today means unruly bachelors tomorrow […].
2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 509
Origin
From gyne- (“woman”) + -cide (“killing”).
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