TIL China has over 200 million leftover men due to its one child policy

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[–]Ponderer 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Fun fact: every country in the world has leftover men since there are more males than females at birth. As many as 1 in 20 are leftovers below age 40 or so. This only equalizes later on since men have a much higher death rate.

This isn't abortion-related, in fact you see the same trend in animals. Look up 'sex ratios at birth'.

Why this isn't widely acknowledged is a mystery to me. The disparity obviously causes social problems and there's several technological solutions already available.

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there's several technological solutions already available

Sexbots?

[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Mittens 3 insightful - 3 fun - 6 hours ago

there's several technological solutions already available

Sexbots?

Send in the Fembots!!

[–]Ponderer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The easy one would be mandating only female babies from IVF embryo selection, it would go a long way towards closing the gap