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I'm actually really surprised at the 67% male statistic. I guess all I have to go on is personal observation, but I have a very hard time believing the gender i
by girzel 10y ago
I'm actually really surprised at the 67% male statistic. I guess all I have to go on is personal observation, but I have a very hard time believing the gender imbalance is that big.
On the other hand, I live in Beijing, and just looking around you'd be hard-pressed to believe that China as a whole has a gender imbalance – if anything, there seem to be more women than men. Perhaps the majority of men have remained in the countryside? Where they're spending their time on WeChat? I'd be very curious to see if anyone's done a population study of gender by region...
- AStrangeMorrow 10y agoI'm surprised too. I'm also curious about whether the male/female stat is asked directly to the user or is just the gender indicated on the person profile. If it is the second option (I doubt it tho...), I know quite a number of girls that set their profile as "male" for various reasons... It is also indicated that default gender is "male" so maybe a lot of persons didn't wanted to disclose this information and were set up as male (doesn't seems likely either).
- tjennychen 10y agoYou are right, the default gender is male. This maybe the main cause of the difference in gender distribution.