[onedoug]

Neither does particularly male homosexuality benefit women well.

[ffusco]

let's light candles and chat alert!

[js1138]

No doubt that one of the illnesses of Islam is its attitude towards women. We, of course, are less than a century ahead of them. I am curious how they will adapt. My daughter has shared a house with a young orthodox Jewish woman. She is under many of the same restrictions as Islamic women. She is currently in Israel to prove she is worthy of the mate selected by her family. Almost makes me a feminist.

[NP-INCOMPLETE]

Not an economic issue, not a political issue, you're dealing with a social issue here. All of these cultures believe that women are inferior to men in varying degrees. There are practical solutions to all of this, the male time-bomb will occur in about 20 years when the surplus boys become men, but in 20 years China will have the biggest economy on earth, so they would have enough money to import millions of women. Now there would still be an extra 5-7 million extra guys running around, draft them into the army! Send them to war! There is a great use for young restless men, its called cannon fodder.

[biblewonk]

Isa3:12 bump!

[big'ol_freeper]

In the US our problem is that the boys are the ones being short changed by the educational system and society in general; which has led to a lost generation. A great book is: The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers

[VeniVidiVici]

, there are already, conservatively, between 66 million and 86 million excess males in Asian countries like India, Pakistan, China, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, among others.

I don't know what the liberals are worried about here. They are always telling us that at least 10% of the population is gay. So, assuming the population of the above countries are evenly split 50/50 (for arguement's sake) that means there are roughly 100 million gay men in those countries.

That exceeds the 66 - 86 million of "excess males" as stated in the article.

Therefore, no worry, problem's solved. Next.

[Fintan]

Studies have repeatedly shown that societies willing to invest in the education of girls are likely to be far better off than those that concentrate those benefits on boys only: Population rates fall, environmental degradation slows and families disproportionately benefit since women's earnings are more likely to be used for their children.
 

I would dearly love to read one of these "studies". However, Ms. Blumner, in true journalistic fashion, has somehow forgotten to cite even one which might support her flimsy, self-pitying BS.

I'm sure it was just an oversight....

[LiteKeeper]

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