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Men have fewer children than women (www.mpg.de)

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[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's so fucking made up. Every part of that sentence is made up.

Here is actual information: "This is what the World Health Organization (WHO) considers the "expected sex ratio at birth”, which means that, in the absence of gender discrimination or interference, it’s expected that there would be around 105 boys born per 100 girls — although this can range from around 103 to 107 boys per 100 girls."

https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio

The world ratio at birth is 105.2 which almost exactly the expected "no gender discrimination range"

Sure some countries have SOME effect caused by gender discrimination, but gender discrimination before birth is in no way a globally significant contributor to excess males at birth.

[+] velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone -12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If you read the article and the study it references, selective sex abortion has affected these numbers.

Its not the only reason, but this is also not my only comment about it here.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure, it's a contributor, everything is a contributor. But the main thing is that young men aren't dying like they used to in the past. That's the primary mechanism skewing gender fertility ratios. Sex selective abortions are relevant in some countries to some extent, but globally are almost nothing. It's a red herring.

When you have 5 extra boys born for every 100 girls the default position is there are more reproductive aged men than women. The fact we haven't had that has been because young boys and men disproportionately died compared to young girls and women globally. Modern medicine, laws, and general peace in most of the world has stopped that trend.