Demographics of inceldom: Difference between revisions

India has a deeply held preference for sons and as a consequence of sex-selective abortion and infranticide, it had an excess of 37 million males as of 2018,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/too-many-men/</ref> with these excess males making up ''2.7%'' of the country's population. They make up an even larger fraction of around 6.5% among the young (see the figure on the right).

As a result, Indian men likely suffer higher rates of inceldom than Indian women, though overall, about an equal share of men and women report having had sex over the part weeks.<ref name="indiastats"></ref> While women usually lose their virginity during their teens,<ref name="childmarriage"></ref> men are more likely to lose it in their twenties.<ref name="indiastats"></ref> Statistics also show that sexlessness is higher in the south of India than the north,<ref name="indiastats">https://www.livemint.com/Politics/RC0cvSgItInzrPBjAZ3f2L/Sex-in-India-What-data-shows.html</ref> though some regions with the highest male surplus are found in the north, e.g. accounting for around 4.7% of the population in Delhi and 4.6% in Haryana,<ref>http://niti.gov.in/content/sex-ratio-females-1000-males</ref> and likely even higher among the younger cohorts in these regions.

Surprisingly, according to some sources, India is characterized as having some of the lowest rape rates in international comparison,<ref>John A. Humphrey, Frank Schmalleger: Mental illness, addictive behaviors, and sexual deviance 2012, ISBN 978-0-7637-9773-7, S. 252.</ref><ref> Humphrey, John A.; Schmalleger, Frank (2012), "Mental illness, addictive behaviors, and sexual deviance", in Humphrey, John A.; Schmalleger, Frank (eds.), Deviant behavior (2nd ed.), Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett Learning, p. 252, ISBN 9780763797737.</ref><ref> Gregg Barak. Crime and Crime Control: A Global View: A Global View. ABC-CLIO. p. 74. "Overall, however, rape rates are still lower than most other countries."</ref><ref> United Nations (2009). African Women's Report 2009: Measuring Gender Inequality in Africa - Experiences and Lessons from the African Gender and Development Index. United Nations Publications. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-92-1-054362-0. </ref><ref> Colonel Y Udaya Chandar (23 September 2016). The Ailing India. Notion Press. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-945926-26-6.</ref> however, this is suspected to owe to a very high dark figure, which is evidenced by some high profile cases of e.g. gang rape arousing attention in Indian media in a way unheard of in modern Western countries.<ref>Siuli Sarkar: Gender Disparity in India. 2016, ISBN 978-81-203-5251-3.</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31483956</ref>

Amnesty International further corroborated this assessment,<ref>https://poll2018.trust.org/ https://www.amnestyusa.org/the-worst-place-to-be-a-woman-in-the-g20/</ref>

and the Spectator Index, even ranks India as the 5th most dangerous place to live in 2019.<ref>https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/528608-India-fifth-most-dangerous-country-live-Spectator-Index</ref>

Various studies found a link between adverse sex ratio and violence against women in India, including rape,<ref>https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2165&context=jiws</ref><ref>https://web.iitd.ac.in/~reetika/Crime%20PDR%20dreze&khera.pdf</ref> however the history of neglect of females and son preference in the regions with a skewed ratio may also explain female-targeted violence.

It is believed up to 63 million females have been aborted in India's history,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/30/more-than-63-million-women-missing-in-india-statistics-show</ref> with some regions practicing female infranticide to this day.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/trash-bin-babies-indias-female-infanticide-crisis/257672/</ref> India remains the only country in the world to have pro-rape marches,<ref>https://thewire.in/politics/hindu-ekta-manch-bjp-protest-support-spo-arrested-rape-jammu</ref> and nearly 40% of all females who commit suicide come from India,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/13/nearly-two-out-of-five-women-who-commit-suicide-are-indian</ref> sometimes associated with high profile rape cases.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rape-survivor-kills-herself-forced-marriage-india-a7380536.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/05/india-woman-set-on-fire-on-way-to-testify-against-alleged-rapists</ref>