Timeline for What would society be like if the human sex ratio was 3:1 of males:females?
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| Jan 7, 2016 at 9:24 | comment | added | user10067 | Let's not forget that women are already a little bit more scarce as-is, due to Bateman's Principle (even if there were as many men as there are women). I think a ratio of 3:1 would further exacerbate the problem. | |
| Oct 17, 2015 at 18:39 | comment | added | Mike Nichols | A society with many more men than women features prominently in Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" in case you are interested in another author's thoughts. | |
| Oct 16, 2015 at 22:49 | answer | added | KeithS | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 3:47 | answer | added | Saidoro | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 23:22 | comment | added | 3C273 | @SF. I think this was the case in most colonies. A very quick google search seems to point in this direction too. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 22:44 | answer | added | ckersch | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 22:18 | comment | added | SF. | Wasn't this the situation of Australia a couple centuries ago? As former british prison colony it had unreasonably high male:female proportions. IIRC the effect was that women were very privileged and respected. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 21:43 | history | edited | ArtOfCode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 7, 2015 at 20:55 | answer | added | Paul Chernoch | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 9:47 | comment | added | Robin | Why not kill some male babies at birth to even it all up. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 1:06 | answer | added | Frostfyre | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 0:51 | comment | added | Twelfth | Heh, it was semi-sarcastic :) If you are talking ancient times though, the concept of raiding a village/town/city to kill the men and steal all of their woman becomes much more of a possibility. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 0:49 | comment | added | Dider | @Twelfth While competition between males is a valid consideration I think you're oversimplifying things just a tad. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 0:39 | comment | added | Twelfth | 2 out of 3 males will kill themselves fighting for the 1 female, leaving us with a nicely balanced 1-1 ratio once again. ?I'm not sure if I'm being sarcastic with this comment? | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 0:19 | history | asked | Dider | CC BY-SA 3.0 |