Sentences with phrase «boys over girls»

A combination of rising incomes, cheap technology — in this case ultrasound — and deep - rooted cultural norms strongly favoring boys over girls has produced an increasingly distorted ratio of female to male children.

Teachers favour boys over girls in maths at primary school and this affects successful completion of maths courses at secondary level (Lavy and Sand, 2015).

According to a recent study, ~ 24M Chinese men could find themselves without a partner by 2020 - due to a skewed gender balance caused by China's One - Child Policy and a cultural preference for boys over girls.

Her first book, Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men (PublicAffairs, 2011), was selected as a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Pulitzer Prize.

Excerpt by arrangement with Public Affairs from Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl.

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Mara Hvistendahl's book, Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men.

Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, by Mara Hvistendahl.

The report Thursday by the Shanghai Express newspaper on statistics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences did not give an official explanation for the disparity, but cited unnamed experts who blamed it in part on pro-abortion atti - tudes that value boys over girls.

As an example, highly patriarchal societies that value boys over girls, result in females receiving leftover food, devoid of milk, meat and other essential nutrients.

Some cultures place importance on the birth of a boy over girls, and some moms want a mini-me.

When Oliver gets into a fight with another boy over his girl, they're thrilled to find out that their introverted, strangely dressed son is not gay.

Not exact matches

When it comes to toys, a consistent finding is that boys (and juvenile male monkeys) strongly prefer to play with mechanical toys over plush toys or dolls, while girls (and female juvenile monkeys) show equivalent interest in the two.

After everyone was done sorting over $ 65,000 worth of sports equipment, the items went directly to the three organizations - the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, the YMCA of Southern Nevada, and After - School All - Stars.

Lynda Cruz told investigators that the fight with her son was over the boy's recent breakup, not an ID card, and that the romance had ended when she and the girl's mother declared «it was unhealthy for everyone.»

stepped in, and with the help of over 200 local volunteers, they whipped up a new and better playground for the kids at the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club in a matter of hours.

It would be pleasant to think that the new approach on boys» books - reflecting a genuine panic over the fact that boys lag behind girls in reading, and have been doing so at an increasing rate for these three decades - shows a fresh determination to base future educational policies on truth.

Young boys and girls taught to think of themselves as victims have been victimized twice over.

The Sindhi wedding is presided over by a special priest known as «Mehraj», specialising in matchmaking and a Guryanni, who presents the horoscopes of eligible boys and girls to those for a match.

Over the past 24 to 48 hours, women and girls (and men and boys) in droves have shared, in varying degrees of detail, the reality of sexual assault and harassment in their lives.

People refuse to believe in a higher power because they are scared little boys (and girls) who fear what they do not understand (that's the «get over yourself» part.)

By dance I don't mean jigging together in the lit gloom, with music so loud you can't talk, the boys over here and the girls over there until they come together in embarrassing intimacy.

Finaly we went into the girls restroom and found a much older boy kissing all over her face.

I got some copper star and gingerbread boys / girls cookie cutters over the weekend and was looking for a good, wholesome [and easy] recipe.

Katherine blogs over at Love In My Oven and is the proud momma to two boys and a soon - to - arrive baby girl!!

I don't have girls, so I can't say for sure if they react the same way over food, but when my four little boys spotted these Hotdogs in «Real» Buns,

I got to the Boys and Girls club early on a Saturday morning, and when I walked in, there were already over 200 volunteers there ready to start building.

By 2050, over 35 % of boys and 20 % of girls aged 6 - 10 are expected to be obese.

The Basketball Jones Hoop Camps program meets the needs of all skill levels for any boy or girl ages 7 - 15, with over 200 camps under our belt and more than 15,000 former campers.

For over 40 years the club has produced college soccer athletes at the NCAA Division I, III, III, and NAIA levels along with several Olympic Development Program players (boys and girls) at the District, State, Regional and National team levels, some of whom have played professionally, including an Olympic Gold Medalist.

We offer conveniently located camps for boys and girls ages 6 - 14 all over the Bay Area during summer vacation and on the Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring breaks.

With over 250 teams participating in 2015, we expect another big turnout in 2016, including all age divisions during this NCAA evaluation period for men's D1 coaches, and the tournament is open to both boys and girls teams.

The only «revolution» I'm interested in is the kind that will bring some 50 or so boys and girls now on the verge of tennis greatness over the threshold, the kind that will stimulate the interest of thousands of others who don't yet know even the joy of being «just another player.»»

Branson Head Coach Boys Varsity Soccer 1989 - present Branson Head Coach Girls Varsity Soccer 1989 - 2015 (Ryan's teams have won over 14 league titles and 11 section championships) Redwood Head Coach Boys 1985 - 1988

Over 600 boys and girls teams of all levels took part in the 2012/13 U14 - U19 NorCal State Cup.

Of the almost 22,000 registered players in the ACT, nearly 6,000 are women and over 15,000 are juniors (boys and girls).

And for parents who are looking for some age - appropriate information about «the birds and the bees» check out It's Not the Stork: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends and a review of it over on Punnybop.

Anyone who has ever seen a little girl wearing a white bathrobe and a towel draped over her head pretending she's getting married or a little boy using a stick he found in the yard to cast wizard spells at the family dog has seen that imagination in action.

It's entitled Catholic Baby Names for Girls and Boys: Over 250 Ways to Honor Our Lady — yes indeed, names for boys Boys: Over 250 Ways to Honor Our Lady — yes indeed, names for boys boys too!

Whether they're of the autistic boy next door, the girl with Down Syndrome who was in your 2nd grade class, or the wheelchair sports team you saw practicing last week, these are the sort of images and thoughts that tend to stay with us long after the initial experience is over.

Just popping over to say I've featured this on the Sunday Showcase this week Rebecca from Here Come the Girls recently posted... The Sunday Showcase: Activities for Boys

The team won out over the 31 6A high schools that participated in the 2018 high school Literary Team competition, which features events in Dramatic Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Boys Quartet, Solo, Girls Trio, and Dramatic Interpretation.

Baby clothes for boys and girls by Petit Bateau is a top choice for moms and dads who value high quality brands that have proven themselves the right choice as a baby clothes designer for over a century.

Available in a ton of colors and patterns to suit girls or boys these socks are so adorable, you can't help but «aw» over them.

Even with a boy and a girl, there is constant conflict over a toy, a game, or even how to make up a story.

The girls» options were so samey and uninspiring so I went over to the boys» section and got some Gruffalo ones instead.

In addition to being the perfect romantic gift for your sweetie, Datevitation just launched its «boy» and «girl» characters with over 200 new activity illustrations specifically for kids and parents.

Friends all wanted copies, a local publisher printed it, took it to a book fair, and the rest is publishing history: after BOY and GIRL versions first appeared in the late - 70's, Once Upon a Potty titles became best - sellers in the U.S., Holland, Israel & Japan; the hardcover books and animated VHS videos have sold over 4,000,000 copies since 1990 in the United States alone!

You may be surprised to know that over 50 % of teen girls and 33 % of teen boys use these unhealthy tactics to control or lose weight.

At the kiddie computers with touch screens, my big baby made friends with a mom and two kids (boy - girl twins) at the next computer over.

I have a 13 month old boy and a 27 month old girl, and all they do is fight over toys!