Since ancient times the records have shown the existence of human effort to choose the sex of the child by way of surrender to the superstitious ceremony. There are even selling life to the spirits in order to get a boy or a girl (Mochtar, 1998).
Community groups who hold matrilineal descent (matrilineal) expect the presence of girls, while groups of people who hold the line of the father (patrilineal) longed for the presence of boys in the offspring (Mochtar, 1998).
A. Left Right Theory
According Mochtar (1998), left-right theory advanced by famous philosophers, among others:
Parmenides (540 BC), a Greek philosopher said that she has two half-breed, one on the right and one on the left. Boys grow in the right half-breed, and a baby girl on the left half-breed. If a girl wants, at the time of intercourse wife should lie on his left side. Conversely, if you want a boy so she should lay on his right side so that the seed flow at half-breed husband right.
Anaxagoras (500-428 BC), suggested the hypothesis that what determines the sex of the testicles (testes) husband. The resulting right testicle is the seed of men, while the left testis female seeds.
According to Hipocrates (460-377SM) is not enough just lying on your right side, even right testicle should be tied with a rope strong during intercourse if you want a baby boy.
According to Democritus (460-360 BC) both men and women produce seeds and that determines the sex of the child and the character is a mosaic that forms on mixing the two seed. If the dominant is the seed of the woman, the offspring is female, whereas if a male role, will be born baby boy.
Can be considered that Democritus was the ancient forerunner of the modern chromosome theory.
Aristotle (384-322 BC) believed that the seeds of a stronger flow during sexual intercourse will determine the baby in the womb. He added that this strength is influenced by natural circumstances such as gusts of wind around, and others. He said, that would be a lot of boys when intercourse man born done at the time the north wind blows, than when the wind blows south. The reason is moist south winds, and this predispose girls.
B. According to the theory Advice Old Men
In the Middle Ages existing advice elders to their grandchildren who want a male offspring. How is the wife supposed to drink wine and mixed blood lion a physician according to a particular measure. As he prayed a progenitor, they have intercourse at the time recommended the full moon (Mochtar, 1998).
If pregnancy occurs, and children born of women remained; when asked, the advisers are not running out of the dictionary answer. Misfortune occurred in the seconds that determine sudden cloud had covered the full moon light beam that would give sex is male (Mochtar, 1998).
C. Traditional Theory of the People
Ossets tribes in the Caucasus, an Eskimo tribe, and the Maori tribes are selecting the sex of the baby in a way that somewhat less human. Mothers who are pregnant should be left in place separate from her husband's birth. When they gave birth to a baby girl, this child left behind. With the pitch and they returned empty handed to their husbands without any problems. But otherwise, if that was born a man, so they happily brought back not only with children even more prizes to be presented to their husbands and successful males (Mochtar, 1998).
On the island Pelew wives dressed man before intercourse, because they believe that way will have male offspring. In Sweden the night before the wedding the bride slept with a boy to hit induction and later will give birth to a baby boy (Mochtar, 1998).
Japanese people also have similar beliefs. They like to believe that child sex can be born chilling forecast of the previous child. If the back of her neck feathers spread, then the next child must be male. But if the previous child chilling together, then the next child women (Hasuki, 2006).
In the Spessart mountains (Germany), if you want boys, the husband always carried an ax on the bed and while holding intercourse hummed the song: "Ruck, Ruck, roy berkommst du ein Bub" (ask for boys). If the number of boys had enough, of course axes removed and sung: "Ruck, Ruck, raid du ein berkommst Maid" (ask for girls) (Mochtar, 1998).
In the area of Austria some farmers believe that in a year when the harvest abundant, the baby will be born male species. In Slavic countries the wife during intercourse required massaging her husband's right testicle; in provinces Madena (Italy) the husband bit into his right ear and on the plains wife husband hung the pants Pensylvania (outside in) the right of the bed. Overall it is believed that they have children boys (Mochtar, 1998).
It is undeniable that in the Indonesian culture sex factors in the family is an important issue. This is clearly reflected by the wayang stories or saga-long saga that has been widespread in our society (Mochtar, 1998).
We also developed in the community right-left theory has traditionally handed down by old people. Female patients who had surgery for cysts ovarii often bartanya: "Will I still be able to give birth a baby girl, who was appointed when the left half-breed?" On the contrary: "What can baby boy, when the hybrid operation right?" ( Mochtar, 1998).
Condition of pregnant women who had entrusted a reflection of fetal gender. If the mother's face was pale but diligent dress then her stomach like an egg shape and tilted downward believed female fetus. However, if the mother's face looks dull, lazy to dress up, full of pimples, looks cool, and form protruding belly up then the baby is a boy (Hasuki, 2006).
Popular theories is that the conception of boys going on the full moon; that the tide could affect a baby's sex; that sweet food is a factor that produced a daughter, and salty foods, sour or bitter produce sons (Mochtar , 1998)
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