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Going off of that Vice article, sometimes I think that a 40/60 ratio of men to women would be favorable... it'd probably reflect the proportions of our hunter g

Going off of that Vice article, sometimes I think that a 40/60 ratio of men to women would be favorable... it'd probably reflect the proportions of our hunter gatherer ancestry, and a lot of psychological benefits would come with that I'd imagine. But everything else she said was extremely misandrist and sexist.

jaggederest 11y ago
You can actually see the difference in gender relations in places with different gender ratios, and by age, as well. "Single men become a rare commodity later in life due to our unfortunate propensity for dying. If you can get to 50 the world seems to be nothing but women." http://jonathansoma.com/singles/ http://jonathansoma.com/singles/
roel_v 11y ago
"sometimes I think that a 40/60 ratio of men to women would be favorable..." Without wanting to turn this into a race thing, there are sociological circumstances which sort of give us a glimpse (in subsets of the population) of what that could look like - and it's not pretty... See e.g. http://www.economist.com/node/21532296 http://www.economist.com/node/21532296, which is one of the lesser emotionally charged discussions of it, but I'm sure you can find the right Google terms to find dozens of other articles about it yourself.
- _pmf_ 11y ago
  China's and India's fad of aborting female offspring is not really very helpful. They're setting themselves up for some really, really nasty future.
  - vijayr 11y ago
    Not sure about India, but China is already in trouble http://www.forbes.com/sites/china/2011/05/13/chinas-growing-problem-of-too-many-single-men/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/china/2011/05/13/chinas-growing-...
- draugadrotten 11y ago
  Sweden have imported so many males from middle east that it's now more men than women in Sweden for the first time in 300 years. "More boys are born in Sweden, the average life expectancy of males has gone up and it's mostly men who move here from other countries." http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6127590 http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&art...
- pikachu_is_cool 11y ago
  Thank you for that link, that really changed my perspective.
smorrow 11y ago
It would be good for people's mental health. No one woman can provide the amount of sex a man physically needs for his mental health. And women are secretly happy to see that their man still has what it takes to attract other women, isn't lying to himself about his nature, etc.
- Nursie 11y ago
  Oh dear god you talk a lot of bullshit - "No one woman can provide the amount of sex a man physically needs for his mental health." Grow up.
  - smorrow 11y ago
    heh. Is there any part of that that's concretely not true? Humans all over the world have come up with it independently -- I dunno, unless Muslims and Mormons shared notes. I could even go further and claim it to be an almost pan-mammalian truth. Men and women are different. Especially when it comes to sex.
    - Nursie 11y ago
      No, they're not that different, no you don't need more sex than one woman can give you to remain mentally healthy, as evidenced by all the not-crazy monogamists. You're an idiot. If you want more than one partner, go for it, become a polyamorist. Lots of men and women do. But your generalisations and your attitude towards women are childish, you need to grow up.
      - smorrow 11y ago
        I may have been exaggerating when I said mental health+, but it's still a fact that men still aren't getting laid as much as they would ideally like to=. I mean, how would you even know? Because they aren't begging for it constantly? Really, I can tell you that that's more due to being polite and knowing in advance that the answer will be no. + I term I use in a much broader sense internally, since I don't know any better for word it. So I might let it out without checking if other people will understand what I'm saying. = Not that they're entitled to it or anything, but then that never was my point.

jaggederest 11y ago

You can actually see the difference in gender relations in places with different gender ratios, and by age, as well. "Single men become a rare commodity later in life due to our unfortunate propensity for dying. If you can get to 50 the world seems to be nothing but women." http://jonathansoma.com/singles/ http://jonathansoma.com/singles/

roel_v 11y ago

"sometimes I think that a 40/60 ratio of men to women would be favorable..." Without wanting to turn this into a race thing, there are sociological circumstances which sort of give us a glimpse (in subsets of the population) of what that could look like - and it's not pretty... See e.g. http://www.economist.com/node/21532296 http://www.economist.com/node/21532296, which is one of the lesser emotionally charged discussions of it, but I'm sure you can find the right Google terms to find dozens of other articles about it yourself.

_pmf_ 11y ago
China's and India's fad of aborting female offspring is not really very helpful. They're setting themselves up for some really, really nasty future.
- vijayr 11y ago
  Not sure about India, but China is already in trouble http://www.forbes.com/sites/china/2011/05/13/chinas-growing-problem-of-too-many-single-men/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/china/2011/05/13/chinas-growing-...
draugadrotten 11y ago
Sweden have imported so many males from middle east that it's now more men than women in Sweden for the first time in 300 years. "More boys are born in Sweden, the average life expectancy of males has gone up and it's mostly men who move here from other countries." http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6127590 http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&art...
pikachu_is_cool 11y ago
Thank you for that link, that really changed my perspective.

smorrow 11y ago

It would be good for people's mental health. No one woman can provide the amount of sex a man physically needs for his mental health. And women are secretly happy to see that their man still has what it takes to attract other women, isn't lying to himself about his nature, etc.

Nursie 11y ago
Oh dear god you talk a lot of bullshit - "No one woman can provide the amount of sex a man physically needs for his mental health." Grow up.
- smorrow 11y ago
  heh. Is there any part of that that's concretely not true? Humans all over the world have come up with it independently -- I dunno, unless Muslims and Mormons shared notes. I could even go further and claim it to be an almost pan-mammalian truth. Men and women are different. Especially when it comes to sex.
  - Nursie 11y ago
    No, they're not that different, no you don't need more sex than one woman can give you to remain mentally healthy, as evidenced by all the not-crazy monogamists. You're an idiot. If you want more than one partner, go for it, become a polyamorist. Lots of men and women do. But your generalisations and your attitude towards women are childish, you need to grow up.
    - smorrow 11y ago
      I may have been exaggerating when I said mental health+, but it's still a fact that men still aren't getting laid as much as they would ideally like to=. I mean, how would you even know? Because they aren't begging for it constantly? Really, I can tell you that that's more due to being polite and knowing in advance that the answer will be no. + I term I use in a much broader sense internally, since I don't know any better for word it. So I might let it out without checking if other people will understand what I'm saying. = Not that they're entitled to it or anything, but then that never was my point.