Once again, Lois McMaster Bujold called it.

[electricland]

Lack of women turns tables on suitable boys

Yep. And the rest of us sit around and say "well, duh -- we could have told you that. In fact, we did."

Note that skewed sex ratios aren't necessarily making things better for the girls, just for their fathers.

It also doesn't mention the "solution" that I seem to recall reading about elsewhere, which is "kidnap a girl and force her to marry her you".

Interesting, though.

Comments

[archaica.livejournal.com]

Wait, you mean there's a *downside* to selective abortion? Who'd have seen that coming? (Aside from, well, everyone)

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

There are similar problems happening in China, although I'm not sure how the Chinese are handling it (other than the young men getting frustrated). India seems to be going about handling it in a comparatively decent way, at least.