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China (as well as India) have some of the largest surplus of males due to sex-selective abortions, son preference and in China additionally due to the (now abolished) ''one-child policy''. As a result, there is a large number of male incels in these countries, and this imbalance is expected to even aggravate in the coming decades and is likely to become a substantial threat to social stability.<ref>https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2142658/too-many-men-china-and-india-battle-consequences</ref> As of 2018, there was an excess of 70 million males in China and India,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#There_are_now_70_million_excess_men_in_China_and_India_who_will_live_and_die_without_partners</ref> | China (as well as India) have some of the largest surplus of males due to sex-selective abortions, son preference and in China additionally due to the (now abolished) ''one-child policy''. As a result, there is a large number of male incels in these countries, and this imbalance is expected to even aggravate in the coming decades and is likely to become a substantial threat to social stability.<ref>https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2142658/too-many-men-china-and-india-battle-consequences</ref> As of 2018, there was an excess of 70 million males in China and India,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#There_are_now_70_million_excess_men_in_China_and_India_who_will_live_and_die_without_partners</ref> | ||
24 million of these in China.<ref>http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/china-population-women-bachelor-marriage</ref> | 24 million of these in China.<ref>http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/china-population-women-bachelor-marriage</ref> | ||
The Washington Post produced an article with impressive visualizations of the problem.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/too-many-men/</ref> | The Washington Post produced an article with impressive visualizations of the problem.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/too-many-men/<br/>Archived: https://archive.is/4R90y</ref> | ||
Up until the turn of the millennium, marriage was enforced quite strictly such that among 30-34 year olds only 2% of women (but 10% of men) were single.<ref>Ji, Y. (2015). Between tradition and modernity: "leftover" women in shanghai. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(5), 1057-1073.</ref> | Up until the turn of the millennium, marriage was enforced quite strictly such that among 30-34 year olds only 2% of women (but 10% of men) were single.<ref>Ji, Y. (2015). Between tradition and modernity: "leftover" women in shanghai. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(5), 1057-1073.</ref> | ||