Gender inbalance

What will be the effect on Asian society by such a large gender imbalance if this trend continues?

If there was a gender imbalance, there would be a drop in birth rate, there will be a lack of manpower, and there might be an increase in sex trafficking.

If the gender imbalance continues, there will be a drop in birth rate. With a drop in the amount of women, there will be less marriages, leading to less child birth, and since people continues to favor boys over girls, the birth rate will keep on dropping as there will be a lack of women to get pregnant. Based on an analysis of the east-west centre,new marriages had decreased by 2.7% since 2008 to 2009. This evidence clearly shows that the amount of new child born is already getting lesser, as in marriages which produces children, a male and a female must be present. Since the marriages are dropping, the birth rate will definitely decrease, and if it falls below replacement level of 2.1 children per women, it can cause even more drop in the birth rate as lesser adults are present as a result of low birth rate.

Also, there will be a loss of talented people. This is because there will be more sexually frustrated men that would migrate overseas just to marry brides.In a report made by the IMC, it says that there were “12% of the male graduates migrating to other countries and settling there” This clearly shows that there is a huge percentage of people migrating to other countries, including highly educated people. With the migration of these men, there would be a lack of manpower, causing serious consequences towards the nations defensive forces as less man is around to protect the country. Also, the economy will be affected as there will be less men to take on jobs, reducing productivity.

Finally, there will also be an increase in sex trafficking. In a report found on TIME magazine, "Many men, unable to find wives, seek sex and companionship in brothels; others pay traffickers for abducted brides. In recent years, thousands of women from Vietnam have been smuggled into China to work as prostitutes or be sold into marriage." This clearly shows us that sex trafficking is a consequence of gender imbalance, as with gender imbalance, men would not be able to find wives, leading them to seek companionship through illegal means such as abducting brides. Thus, gender imbalance has a huge influence on sex trafficking.

In conclusion, gender imbalance can cause a lack of manpower, lower birth rate, and an increase in sex trafficking.