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shaayecanaan

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13. India's male problem...

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 05:21 AM

Jan 2014

The authors adopted a Chinese term, guang gun-er (“bare branches”), for unmarried men from age 15 to their mid-30s who have limited prospects for employment. This group, which is larger in countries where sex selection is prevalent, usually “commits the preponderance of violence within a society,” according to the report.

In a marriage market where women are scarce and thus able to “marry up,” certain characteristics of young surplus males are easily and accurately predicted. They are liable to come from the lowest socioeconomic class, be un- or underemployed, live a fairly nomadic or transient lifestyle with few ties to the communities in which they are working, and generally live and socialize with other bachelors. In sum, these young surplus males may be considered, relatively speaking, losers in societal competition.

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/indias-man-problem/?_r=0

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Well Dorian Gray Jan 2014 #17

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I understand that Dorian Gray Jan 2014 #40

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Good thing you didn't bother reading the entire post. jeff47 Jan 2014 #41

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Start with public castrations. Common Sense Party Jan 2014 #53

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I'm not certain that they don't... shaayecanaan Jan 2014 #15

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Its a fairly predictable outcome... shaayecanaan Jan 2014 #64

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