The unstable future of a world full of men
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NEW DELHI — As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile “bachelor nations” driven by an aggressive competition for brides.
The precise consequences of what French population expert Christophe Guilmoto calls the “alarming demographic masculinization” of countries such as India and China as the result of sex-selective abortion remain unclear.
But many demographers believe the resulting shortage of adult women over the next 50 years will have as deep and pervasive an impact as climate change.
The statistics behind the warnings are grimly compelling..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111028com6.html
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the evil that patriarchy, sustained or extreme patriarchy, brings
"Nature provides an unbending biological standard for the sex ratio at birth of 104 to106 males to every 100 females. Any significant divergence from that narrow range can only be explained by abnormal factors.
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"Some forecast an increase in polyandry and sex tourism, while others predict cataclysmic scenarios with the rise of male-surplus societies where sexual predation, violence and conflict are the norm."
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