Immigration to North America from India should restrict the number of males allowed, to balance the trend of sex-selective abortion in those communities, and to increase the 'value' of females - since they will have an easier chance of migrating.
>with no indication that even at the third and later generations these preferences are lost
That's likely an unintended side effect of the change in western attitudes on integration, going from "conform" to "melting pot" and now to "cultural stew". The pressure to adapt to the new country's values is less than it used to be while it is also encouraged for cultural communities to form and persist. Beyond that, the revolution in cheap global communications likely as plays a role, as cultural values can be reinforced in the new country from the source country. It may be that the only way to change the attitudes towards gender in the Canadian-Indian community will be to change those attitudes in India itself. That of course gets us into the messy territory of cultural imperialism.
I’ve known a few Indian women who suggested I would be disappointed if I had girls. I never had the courage to ask I if they hated their own existence or something.
Wait, how are they able to do this? Do they selectively abort on sex determination? I suppose sex determination isn't illegal in North America like it is in South Asia.
I have an Indian-american friend. His sisters were allowed to marry whomever they wanted, but his parents nearly disowned him when he married a white non-Hindu, since it was his sole responsibility to carry on the family. Years later his mom still will not talk to his wife.
My wife quips the same (wanted a girl, had a boy, wife is Chinese, I’m American), though I think it’s more about how much work is involved in having one kid let alone two.
"Indian-born mothers living in Canada with two children had 138 boys for every 100 girls"
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/04/11/canadas-missing-...
These preferences are lasting into the second-generations, with no indication that even at the third and later generations these preferences are lost:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-study-suggest...
Immigration to North America from India should restrict the number of males allowed, to balance the trend of sex-selective abortion in those communities, and to increase the 'value' of females - since they will have an easier chance of migrating.