April 30, 2019 21:00Antonina Hamhil
Scientists said that women are threatened with extinction
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The current sex ratio in the world in favor of men, say sociologists. Women are born less and less, and eventually they could face extinction.
The number of representatives of the fair half of mankind is reduced from C70-ies of the last century. According to sociologists, the world sorely lacking 23 million women.
The study was published in the journal PNAS - "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA." It turns out that in the 12 countries of the world is born far fewer girls than boys. Especially few of them in India and China. In the period from 1970 to 2017 in China lacked the 11.9 million women, while in India - 10.6 million girls.
Scientists said that women are threatened with extinction / istockphoto.com
These two countries account for 38% of the world population. It is they who are responsible for the demographic imbalance. Indeed, in these countries often practice selective abortion based on sex.
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