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Does anyone know much about some of the effects of a high female to male ratio?
I did a bit of study, out of curiosity, but cannot find much data. A war in South America involving the Triple Alliance left places with a high female population, the most incredible case being 20 to 1 in female favour.
I was wondering what effects this might have on a society, on economics and other such things. For simplicity, let us assume that things won't be re-stabilized any time soon (such as, we'll assume it's impossible to bring men in from other places to make up for the difference). Here are my thoughts thus far:
Women would suddenly be trained in a lot of trades where they were uncommon, for one thing. This could end up having implications on females being in such work places, even after gender balance is restored (for one thing, you'll get a lot of young men being taught by women).
If polygamy is considered an option, it will gain a lot of popularity due to the low number of males. If it isn't, it might be legalized if the government thinks the situation isn't likely to fix itself any time soon.
Tensions are likely to be high in the female population. Not just due to sexual competition. They'd have to deal with managing homes and children, as well as learning new trades and probably doing more work than should reasonably be handled. I can imagine daycare-like centres being established, just so they can get more time in the fields.
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Back to the tension, the lack of male partners will add salt to the wounds--especially in societies where being marries and having children is important. If polygamy wasn't legalized, that'd make things worse--but even with it legalized or originally legal, you'll get some nasty conflict.
If there is threat of war, raids, or the like--you're suddenly going to get women involved in warrior cultures or militia (more probably both). Either way, they'll end up arming themselves to fight off wolves or the like on the farms, even in a first world country of the modern day (well, more depending on how rough the farming areas are), and will have to join police forces if the culture necessitates them.
This could have some major effects in how much power women have in the society, even if gender balance is restored.
There is some interesting speculation possible as to how human cultures are likely to adapt, if the situation remains. Would men end up being considered highly important, perhaps more than originally? Or, maybe they'd be shifted out of the main structure of power altogether? Or, they could easily be seen as less important, though are likely to be sheltered to preserve them.
Do my ideas sound logical, or are there problems? Have any of you put some thought or study into these kinds of possibilities?
I did a bit of study, out of curiosity, but cannot find much data. A war in South America involving the Triple Alliance left places with a high female population, the most incredible case being 20 to 1 in female favour.
I was wondering what effects this might have on a society, on economics and other such things. For simplicity, let us assume that things won't be re-stabilized any time soon (such as, we'll assume it's impossible to bring men in from other places to make up for the difference). Here are my thoughts thus far:
Women would suddenly be trained in a lot of trades where they were uncommon, for one thing. This could end up having implications on females being in such work places, even after gender balance is restored (for one thing, you'll get a lot of young men being taught by women).
If polygamy is considered an option, it will gain a lot of popularity due to the low number of males. If it isn't, it might be legalized if the government thinks the situation isn't likely to fix itself any time soon.
Tensions are likely to be high in the female population. Not just due to sexual competition. They'd have to deal with managing homes and children, as well as learning new trades and probably doing more work than should reasonably be handled. I can imagine daycare-like centres being established, just so they can get more time in the fields.
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Back to the tension, the lack of male partners will add salt to the wounds--especially in societies where being marries and having children is important. If polygamy wasn't legalized, that'd make things worse--but even with it legalized or originally legal, you'll get some nasty conflict.
If there is threat of war, raids, or the like--you're suddenly going to get women involved in warrior cultures or militia (more probably both). Either way, they'll end up arming themselves to fight off wolves or the like on the farms, even in a first world country of the modern day (well, more depending on how rough the farming areas are), and will have to join police forces if the culture necessitates them.
This could have some major effects in how much power women have in the society, even if gender balance is restored.
There is some interesting speculation possible as to how human cultures are likely to adapt, if the situation remains. Would men end up being considered highly important, perhaps more than originally? Or, maybe they'd be shifted out of the main structure of power altogether? Or, they could easily be seen as less important, though are likely to be sheltered to preserve them.
Do my ideas sound logical, or are there problems? Have any of you put some thought or study into these kinds of possibilities?