Message from ppeterson

[Anonymous]

How moving this film was. I don’t even know where to begin. It is some what hard to fathom that with the gender problem, there are still so many girls that are discarded…that so many families (mothers) would still prefer to have sons. It is scary and so very disheartening to think about what this gender problem will very likely lead to. And with these girls being discarded in orphanages, and so many never being adopted, it just seems so much more likely that the kidnapping and forced marriage and forced prostitution will happen. I can understand there being a sense of urgency to want to educate people on the validity and equality of women. But how useful will this information be after centuries of practices and beliefs taught and learned to the contrary? What does the future hold for these girls so soon to be women? It makes me feel more compassionate and thankful to families who are going to China and adopting the children. It doesn’t completely wipe away my troubled thoughts about children in America who need the same love and compassion and opportunity. But it does make me more accepting of outside adoptions…not that I was anti such adoptions before, but I have always wondered why? now i see one valid reason for why.