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It's old news - due to the girl-unfriendly combo of China's one-child policy and traditional preference for boys - by 2020, China will be short 40 million women...

This came up in conversation recently - but i can't remember w whom... However, i had a hard time convincing the guy that this was worse news for women/girls than for men... He argued that females would have the upperhand in demanding a worthy spouse. I argued that, girl-napping, rape and other violent crimes would increase.

Here's a quote from a BBC article,

"Women will face an even more terrible future in 20 years time. Abduction and trafficking of women will increase. So will prostitution, as well as sexual violence against women and rape. I think this problem really must be solved from the ground up"

The article is about suicide rates among Chinese women. Here's a cute Chinese saying, 'marrying a woman is like buying a horse: I can ride you and beat you whenever I like'.