Women are about to become rare

Demographers are worried about the risk of missing women in the world. For several decades now, in India and China - the two most populous countries - fewer and fewer female births. In the next 15 years, there will be 36 million Chinese boys who cannot marry.

China and India have 2.4 billion people, accounting for 38% of the world population. In China, in the 1960s, each family had an average of 6 children. But since 1979, for economic reasons, the country only allows one family to give birth to one child. Since the 1980s, ultrasound techniques have been popular, people can recognize gender right from the beginning of the fetus only 3 months. Meanwhile, according to custom, only a son can preserve the family, if there is no son following the lineage, then no one will worship.

Indians are afraid of giving birth to girls (Photo: 60sfurther)

Therefore, in China since 1989, the rate of newborn boys / girls is 111/100 (while the reasonable rate is 103-106 / 100). By 2000, the figure reached 117/100. Even Hainan province has 132 boys born compared to 100 daughters. It is estimated that in the next 15 years, 36 million Chinese boys will not be able to find a wife.

In India, according to demographer Christophe T.Guilmoto (French Research and Development Institute), 'if there is not at least one son then life is tragic . ' There is a proverb in this country: 'Daughter is to water the neighbor's garden' . India has a custom, when girls get married, parents have to worry about dowry money very badly; Daughters have married for life only to preserve the assets of her husband's family. So in this country, in 1991, the birth rate between boys and girls was 106/100. By 2001, this number reached 108/100, even 125/100 in some states in North India. In the next 15 years, about 30 million Indian boys will not find a daughter to marry.

Some other countries in Asia also have sex imbalances like Acmeni and Azecbaizan. Korea is also a patriarchal state (according to the father line) but thanks to a reconciliation campaign, the sex ratio of births decreases (110 men / 100 women in 2000).
The rest of the planet will not compensate for the lack of women in Asia.

The professors Valerie Hudson of the University of Utah (USA) and Andrea Den Boer of the University of Kent (UK) said that the fact that young Chinese and Indians cannot build families can make this country instability, conflict and war. They lead some studies to show that the increase in felony usually occurs in single men.

Psychologist Martin Daly of the University of Ontario (Canada) said the probability of murder is lower among married people (compared to divorced or single people). American historian David Court Wright of the University of North Florida sees a link between violence in American history and a large number of single young people.

Demographer Christophe Z. Guilmoto of the French Research and Development Institute said: 'No element has proven to be effective. But that may encourage international migrants from China and India. Single people are more likely to migrate than a father of a family. The peace of the world is therefore threatened . '.

China and India themselves also clearly see the risk of gender imbalance. China determined that by 2010, the sex ratio will be normalized by banning the determination of early sex of the fetus and selective abortion. In India, since 1990, people have also banned detection of the sex of the fetus, but consider using ultrasound and abortion as useful advances.

GS. Nguyen Khang , Health & Life