UC Berkeley Student Journal - Prenatal selection of a child's gender https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/ Description of the project Jeffery Kahn - jbkahn@berkeley.edu en-US About the project https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender_about.shtml The brave new world of gender selection: choosing gender prior to conception About the writer https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender_bio.shtml Biography of Sunita Puri 1. A researcher's role in the emotional field of prenatal sex selection https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender1.shtml As she ponders the enormity of her project, Sunita also realizes the storm of emotions that the issue of prenatal sex selection triggers for physicians, families, and the public. 2. The pressures to have a son, meeting Vandana and her adorable little boy https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender2.shtml They could be sisters -- in shape, coloring, gestures and interests -- and yet Sunita and Vandana come from worlds apart in so many ways. 3. A violent marriage, South Asian stereotypes, and Sunita's dilemma https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender3.shtml What is particularly "South Asian" about the suffering of women? How can you call attention to their struggles without heaping on more stereotypes? 4. A mother's musings about her child's life as a girl https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender4.shtml Immigrant parents want a "better life" for their children; sometimes that means hoping -- or working -- for a boy instead of a girl so that the child's life will be easier. 5. 'What were our parents thinking?' South Asian students ponder the mysteries and inequities of sex selection https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender5.shtml In lively focus groups, South Asian American college students puzzle over the reasons behind son preference and medically assisted sex selection. 6. Her newborn was a product of flow cytometry sperm separation https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender6.shtml Her newborn was a product of flow cytometry sperm separation