The marriageable mate principle at work

Okay, okay, maybe this example from Siberia is a bit extreme.

One Response to “The marriageable mate principle at work”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    Maybe a little extreme, but then there is this story about more girls than boys being born in the Arctic: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/12/gender.sciencenews which contains this interesting paragraph: “The sex balance of the human race - historically a slight excess of boys over girls - has recently begun to change. A paper published in the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences earlier this year said that in Japan and the US there were 250,000 boys fewer than would have been expected had the sex ratio existing in 1970 remained unchanged. The paper was unable to pin down a cause for the new excess of girls over boys.” And then there is this article about prizes for having babies in Russia: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Russia-Conception-Day-Russians-Are-Rewarded-With-Prizes-For-Having-Babies-To-Halt-Population-Fall/Article/200909315382180?f=rss I’m sure the AAUW would just love that one.

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