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To: chicagolady
Can you even begin to comprehend living in a society where 1 in every 4 adult men you meet will have never married, and not by choice? How could this change the social and cultural dynamics of China?

Japan. And many of the Far Eastern countries, where a super high-flown variant of hypergamy is the rule. This isn't some kind of historical exception, though. Prior to the 20th century, polygamy was the rule outside of Europe and the European-settled Americas. Men of limited means generally stayed single and rented.

50 posted on 12/09/2013 3:48:56 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

The estimates are that there are about 40MM more men than women.

That’s one heck of a standing army, should the Chinese decide they could afford to march W, or N.

It is a DAMN good thing the Chinese don’t have an effective sealift capability.


61 posted on 12/09/2013 3:53:27 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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