Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec...
by Mirioron on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:19PM
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Aren't the consequences of China's one child policy a ticking time bomb though? Having significantly more young men than young women and thus many young men unable to start a family sounds like it would lead to political instability.
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Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec...
by dpau on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:13PM
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From what I've read, increased abortion and infanticide rates for females due to a cultural preference for males was the primary cause of the gender imbalance, not the one-child policy. However,the one-child policy may have other negative consequences.
Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec...
by fraudsyndrome on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:52PM
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I thought this just caused any young women to be undocumented rather than what is assumed from the statement "one child policy" (i.e. pregnancy termination)
Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec...
by homonculus1 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:18PM
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Western countries don't have the incentive to select for men to such a perilous degree. Chinese society is structured so that children take care of their parents in their old age, and men have more earning power to do so. Men have higher-earning careers over here, but the parent's aren't quite so dependent on that.
There's a very strong personal liberty counterargument, but then again overpopulation is dire and density itself also puts pressure on personal liberty.