[George Smiley]

Females became the majority in the United States after the World War II/Korean War years.

Look up birth statistics. It used to be 1.06 to 1 M:F at birth but that's decreasing in a lot of places, apparently.

In addition, males engage in riskier behavior [darn that testosterone!] and die off at higher rates, so we don't remain a majority for very long after birth.

[Rockpile]

Total population of United States---

1900--- 104.4 males per 100 females

1940--- 100.7 males per 100 females

1950--- 98.6 males per 100 females

1980--- 94.5 males per 100 females

1940-- 66,062,000 males--------65,608,000 females

1950-- 74,833,000 males--------75,864,000 females

The US ALWAYS, I repeat, ALWAYS had more males that female inhabitants until the Second World War killed off a half-million men; a lot of GIs brought home foreign wives; some guys stayed in foreign lands after getting out; foreign men immigrated as always to the US.

America was built on the backs of young single men.