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In India female foeticide was a big thing in the last 20-30 years. Effects of that are now evident with an excess male population. Wherever you go in India, the

by frontman1988 4y ago

In India female foeticide was a big thing in the last 20-30 years. Effects of that are now evident with an excess male population. Wherever you go in India, there are more men than women visible.

swores 4y ago
Given many societies either force women into different lives than men (e.g. Afghanistan) or have cultures that lead to, on average, different lives (most of the world that still has at least some bias towards women being the child carers, house runners, etc. even parts that have/are moved/ing away from that being a default expectation), "how many of each gender are visible as I walk around a country" is a really bad way to judge. And plenty of other potential cultural gender differences, for example in many countries men may feel less afraid of being out alone especially at night. Hell, even IF looking at the streets were a good way to judge, you'd still have to look at an awful lot of a lot of them before you could make statements about a whole country the size of India, and you'd need to avoid any personal cognitive biases (like confirmation bias), and... This link suggests that as of last yeah there were 1020 women per 1000 men in India https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303286/india-urban-and-rural-gender-ratio/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303286/india-urban-and-... Maybe you can find a source for <30yo gender split there? But whatever it is, I highly doubt it's a big enough gap to be the cause for you not seeing (/noticing) as many women as men in public.
- frontman1988 4y ago
  https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/08/23/indias-sex-ratio-at-birth-begins-to-normalize/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/08/23/indias-sex-r... Around 109 males for 100 females in 1991(30 years ago) and 110 for 100 in 2001(20 years ago). Sex ratio at birth has only recently begin to normalize with complete banning of prenatal testing. This has already create a massive problem of "missing women": https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/46-million-girls-went-missing-in-india/article31957348.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/46-million-girls-went... https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/missing-girls-india-national-shame https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/missing-girls-indi...

In India female foeticide was a big thing in the last 20-30 years. Effects of that are now evident with an excess male population. Wherever you go in India, there are more men than women visible.

swores 4y ago

Given many societies either force women into different lives than men (e.g. Afghanistan) or have cultures that lead to, on average, different lives (most of the world that still has at least some bias towards women being the child carers, house runners, etc. even parts that have/are moved/ing away from that being a default expectation), "how many of each gender are visible as I walk around a country" is a really bad way to judge. And plenty of other potential cultural gender differences, for example in many countries men may feel less afraid of being out alone especially at night. Hell, even IF looking at the streets were a good way to judge, you'd still have to look at an awful lot of a lot of them before you could make statements about a whole country the size of India, and you'd need to avoid any personal cognitive biases (like confirmation bias), and... This link suggests that as of last yeah there were 1020 women per 1000 men in India https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303286/india-urban-and-rural-gender-ratio/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303286/india-urban-and-... Maybe you can find a source for <30yo gender split there? But whatever it is, I highly doubt it's a big enough gap to be the cause for you not seeing (/noticing) as many women as men in public.

frontman1988 4y ago
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/08/23/indias-sex-ratio-at-birth-begins-to-normalize/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/08/23/indias-sex-r... Around 109 males for 100 females in 1991(30 years ago) and 110 for 100 in 2001(20 years ago). Sex ratio at birth has only recently begin to normalize with complete banning of prenatal testing. This has already create a massive problem of "missing women": https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/46-million-girls-went-missing-in-india/article31957348.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/46-million-girls-went... https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/missing-girls-india-national-shame https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/missing-girls-indi...