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Aren't the consequences of China's one child policy a ticking time bomb though? Having significantly more young men than young women and thus many young men una
by Mirioron 7y ago
Aren't the consequences of China's one child policy a ticking time bomb though? Having significantly more young men than young women and thus many young men unable to start a family sounds like it would lead to political instability.
- dpau 7y agoFrom what I've read, increased abortion and infanticide rates for females due to a cultural preference for males was the primary cause of the gender imbalance, not the one-child policy. However，the one-child policy may have other negative consequences.
- homonculus1 7y agoWestern countries don't have the incentive to select for men to such a perilous degree. Chinese society is structured so that children take care of their parents in their old age, and men have more earning power to do so. Men have higher-earning careers over here, but the parent's aren't quite so dependent on that. There's a very strong personal liberty counterargument, but then again overpopulation is dire and density itself also puts pressure on personal liberty.
- fraudsyndrome 7y agoI thought this just caused any young women to be undocumented rather than what is assumed from the statement "one child policy" (i.e. pregnancy termination)