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"eroding the next generation's pool of women" What a way to phrase things. I really wonder how this article is relevant to HN?
by mlang23 7y ago
"eroding the next generation's pool of women"
What a way to phrase things. I really wonder how this article is relevant to HN?
- tastroder 7y ago> What a way to phrase things. I really wonder how this article is relevant to HN? There was a quite active discussion on the topic of demographics in india yesterday [0], that also contains this link as a sub-thread. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20505952 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20505952
- lrem 7y agoIt might be relevant even if we disagree with (parts of) it.
- nuwandavek 7y agoHey! I'm the author of this article. I apologise for that particular phrasing. I sincerely meant it as a pool of men, pool of women kinda way. I was trying to be dispassionate about it, which may have come across as insensitive. Apologies. I was trying to base my tone on these articles that got me thinking Economist's analysis of marriage in China : https://www.economist.com/special-report/2017/11/23/a-distorted-sex-ratio-is-playing-havoc-with-marriage-in-china https://www.economist.com/special-report/2017/11/23/a-distor... FT's article on 'missing brides' : https://www.ft.com/content/d44122c0-a435-11e5-873f-68411a84f346 https://www.ft.com/content/d44122c0-a435-11e5-873f-68411a84f...