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> if we assume 50/50 by chance IIRC that is not a safe assumption. 50/50 is a population-wide statistic, but it's pretty common for individuals to have a subs

> if we assume 50/50 by chance IIRC that is not a safe assumption. 50/50 is a population-wide statistic, but it's pretty common for individuals to have a substantially skewed probability for one gender of offspring or the other.

stevenwoo 9mo ago
Your only point is to defend Elon Musk and never addressed the key point instead which is IVF can be used in the USA for eugenics as the other poster suggested abortions hypothetically would be in their horror scenario. Not every clinic but it's available and is not explicitly outlawed - it's only ethically and professionally dubious for certain scenarios. It's also much more practical that trying to use abortions for the same usage in terms of the mother's health.
- rootusrootus 9mo ago
  > Your only point is to defend Elon Musk Huh? I'm just an interested party because my family has nearly all girls for an entire generation, so I have paid attention to research that shows how this happens. You seem to think it disagrees with a conspiracy theory. I don't care about that, I was just adding a bit of accuracy to the discussion. Carry on.
dekhn 9mo ago
Are you saying that children's sex is heritable? I don't think there is any strong evidence for that (just weak evidence of tiny effects). Or are you just saying that for any 50/50 distribution, there will be some outliers that seem surprising, but are explained by simple statistics?
- rootusrootus 9mo ago
  There are genetic and biological predispositions at the individual level that make some couples more likely to have one or the other gender children. So it is not at all surprising and there are many examples of parents having all boys or all girls, it does not mean they are selectively aborting to achieve a goal.
  - dekhn 9mo ago
    The predispositions you describe are on the order of 1% which would not explain parents having (say) 5 all boys.

stevenwoo 9mo ago

Your only point is to defend Elon Musk and never addressed the key point instead which is IVF can be used in the USA for eugenics as the other poster suggested abortions hypothetically would be in their horror scenario. Not every clinic but it's available and is not explicitly outlawed - it's only ethically and professionally dubious for certain scenarios. It's also much more practical that trying to use abortions for the same usage in terms of the mother's health.

rootusrootus 9mo ago
> Your only point is to defend Elon Musk Huh? I'm just an interested party because my family has nearly all girls for an entire generation, so I have paid attention to research that shows how this happens. You seem to think it disagrees with a conspiracy theory. I don't care about that, I was just adding a bit of accuracy to the discussion. Carry on.

dekhn 9mo ago

Are you saying that children's sex is heritable? I don't think there is any strong evidence for that (just weak evidence of tiny effects). Or are you just saying that for any 50/50 distribution, there will be some outliers that seem surprising, but are explained by simple statistics?

rootusrootus 9mo ago
There are genetic and biological predispositions at the individual level that make some couples more likely to have one or the other gender children. So it is not at all surprising and there are many examples of parents having all boys or all girls, it does not mean they are selectively aborting to achieve a goal.
- dekhn 9mo ago
  The predispositions you describe are on the order of 1% which would not explain parents having (say) 5 all boys.