Random Countries Are In High Demand Of More Women (12 items)

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  (#1) The Global Gender Gap Is Mostly Due To China And India

  According to the World Bank, men currently outnumber women on a global level by 66 million. That astronomical number marks the highest gap ever recorded. One of the main reasons for this trend is because of India and China's societal obsession with producing sons. While most countries in the world still have more women than men, India and China - the two most populated countries in the world - are enough to totally tip the scale. China has 42 million more men than women. India has 48 million more men than women. Just these two countries account for 75% of the world's gender imbalance.
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  (#2) Prenatal Diagnostic Tests Lead To The Abortion Of More Female Fetuses In Some Countries

  Both China and India have birth sex ratios well above average compared to the rest of the world. That trend can be expected to continue because of prenatal diagnostic tests, even with both of those countries attempting to lower female abortion rates. In 1994 India banned parents from finding out the sex of their baby because so many parents were aborting female fetuses. However, the laws in India have not been widely effective.

  In 2015, China ended its one-child policy. However, many families are reluctant to have any more than one child due to economic factors, and those families often still prefer a son. After the 2015 law change, Mu Guangzong, a professor of demography at Peking University, said that he did not think many families would be rushing to have a second child.

  "I don’t think a lot of parents would act on it, because the economic pressure of raising children is very high in China... The birthrate in China is low and its population is aging quickly, so from the policy point of view, it’s a good thing, as it will help combat a shortage of labor force in the future. But many parents simply don’t have the economic conditions to raise more children.”
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  (#3) It Is Estimated Only One In Four Chinese Men Will Ever Get Married In 2030

  China's one-child policy has had a detrimental impact on the country's female population. In his book The Demographic Future, Nicholas Eberstadt wrote about the policy's consequences:

  "China will face a growing number of young men who will never marry due to the country’s one-child policy, which has resulted in a reported birth ratio of almost 120 boys for every 100 girls…By 2030, projections suggest that more than 25% of Chinese men in their late 30s will never have married. The coming marriage squeeze will likely be even more acute in the Chinese countryside, since the poor, uneducated and rural population will be more likely to lose out in the competition for brides."
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  (#4) Only About One Quarter Of All People Who Live In The United Arab Emirates Are Female

  In 2015, it was determined that the greatest gender imbalance was found in the Arabian Peninsula. The biggest gap was found within the United Arab Emirates, with females making up only about one quarter of the population. That area of the world became a hotbed for migrant workers in the '70s after the rise in oil prices. Most of those migrant workers are males from South Asia who were not allowed to bring their wives or children with them when they left home.
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  (#5) The Sex Ratio Is Increasing All Over Europe

  In Europe, there are about 105 boys born for every 100 girls. However, because women traditionally live longer than men, European females still outnumber men, and that trend in most European countries will continue. Yet, despite this, the sex ratio is getting larger.

  Norway currently has more males than females. Both Denmark and Switzerland are close to a sex ratio of 100 men to 100 women. Great Britain's sex ratio went from 93 to 97 men per 100 women in the period between 1960 and 1996. If the trajectory of those numbers continue, by the year 2050, men will outnumber women in the UK.
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  (#6) There Are 12,000 More Men Than Women In Sweden

  In what many consider to be a "worrying trend," Sweden currently has 12,000 more men than women. It is the first time since the mid 1700s that the Scandinavian country's male population has outnumbered its female population.
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  (#7) Sweden's Sex Ratio Is Only Going To Get Bigger

  Males may outnumber females by about 12,000 right now in Sweden, but those figures are expected to climb. According to statisticians, there are two reasons why the current sex ratio is expected to grow. The first is because men's life expectancies are getting closer to women's. The second reason is most of the migrants coming to Sweden from the Middle East and North Africa are predominately male.
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  (#8) Working Females Have Adopted Several Negative Lifestyle Habits

  Women worldwide have fought long and hard for gender equality and the right to enter the workforce. However, it is the results of those hard fought battles that are negatively affecting women's general health. The Office for National Statistics reported a direct correlation between women who enter the work force and negative lifestyle changes. These working females have more of a tendency to drink and smoke and also have a higher level of stress.
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  (#9) European Men Are Taking Better Care Of Themselves

  In 2015, there were 12 million more women than men in the European Union. The sex ratio, however, is expected to widen largely because a male's life expectancy will soon be closer to a female's. The reason for this is quite simple: men in Europe, especially western Europe, are leading healthier lives than the generations before them. They eat better, they smoke and drink less, and medical treatment has dramatically improved, especially in the area of heart disease. Also, significantly less men work in dangerous professions like mining.
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  (#10) The Skewed Sex Ratio Could Have A Negative Impact On Feminism

  There are several possible negative outcomes when a country has an imbalanced sex ratio. For example, in countries like China and India, there is a strong trend of higher rates of violence against females. Valerie Hudson, who is a director of a program on women, peace, and security at Texas A&M University, thinks that Sweden's skewed sex ratio should be a cause for concern.

  She said that what is occurring in Sweden, "is one of the most dramatic alterations of demography over such a short period of time that I've ever seen." Hudson is surprised that the Scandinavian country is not more concerned, especially considering its positive track record in the feminist movement. "Are people thinking about whether this could undermine the gains that have been made by Swedish women over the last 150 years?" Hudson asked.
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  (#11) Women Are Living Less Time In Good Health

  The average woman's life expectancy is still higher than the average male's, but that gap is closing. Additionally, the average age that a female remains in good health is down. A girl born in 2014 on average had 64 years of good health - that number was down from 64.2 years for females that were born just a few years earlier from 2009 and 2011. On the flip side, the average number of years a man remained in good health grew from 63.2 (for males born between 2009 and 2011) to 63.4 (males born between 2012 and 2014.)
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  (#12) A Hoax Claimed Iceland Would Pay Foreign Men To Marry An Icelandic Woman

  In Iceland, there are 104 men for every 100 women. The male surplus became such a cause for concern that the government in Iceland was going to pay foreign men $5,000 a month to move to Iceland and marry an Icelandic women. Of course, that was just a hoax started by some blog. The Icelandic government adamantly denied the ridiculous claim, but it certainly drew attention to the male surplus situation in the Scandinavian country.

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