Is the imbalance between men and women so horrible?

Of course, we must admit that the serious imbalance or imbalance of social proportion in China in the past few years was as high as 1 19: 100, which may indeed bring social problems. This is an unquestionable "social fact". At the same time, we should also see that there are still some serious social problems in China, such as "marriage oppression, bride trafficking and sexual violence crimes", which is also an unavoidable social fact. However, can these two groups of social facts simply correspond to one cause and one effect? Obviously, such linear thinking simplifies complex social problems.

More than a decade ago, in the academic circle of China, this topic seemed to have been hotly debated for some time. However, the deeper the research, the more we find that it is probably unscientific to simply make a linear correlation between the two. Many social problems may be more related to poverty and social injustice. For example, the problem of "old bachelor" in rural areas is actually "too poor to get a wife", which has existed in China for thousands of years. Another example is sexual violence crimes. If it is simply linked to more men and less women, it will be a joke.

Because of this, few people have discussed this topic in academic circles in recent years. Searching with "sex ratio imbalance" and "sex ratio imbalance" on HowNet, only a handful of 6 articles were found, and only 1 article was found in recent 5 years.

Of course, what is the relationship between gender imbalance or imbalance and many social problems? How relevant is it? This problem is not completely without research value. However, the influencing factors of almost every problem are too many and complicated, so it is very difficult to design an even reasonable research framework. On the other hand, it is because this issue involves family planning, which is a "basic national policy" and closely linked to the political achievements of local governments. Therefore, it is very difficult to get detailed relevant data, even the existing ready-made data. I'm afraid it's even more difficult if you want to go to the grassroots to do the investigation yourself.

In international academic circles, some Australian scholars have recently studied this issue, and their research conclusion is that it is wrong to blame the imbalance of sex ratio in China on family planning. They pointed out that the current popular view is that family planning has caused an imbalance in the sex ratio in China, because the one-child policy has prompted China people to consciously choose boys when giving birth. They think this view may not be comprehensive. The reasons are as follows: first, the imbalance or imbalance of sex ratio in China did not begin after the implementation of family planning; Secondly, the one-child policy in China is strictly enforced by some families, mostly in cities and towns. Their research is very valuable, but there is still a window for foreigners to understand China society.