Men in Sweden now outnumber women for first time in recorded history; trend spreading through Europe

[davidn3600]

For the first time since records were first kept in 1749, Sweden's men now outnumber women in a worrying trend that could worsen in the decades to come.

The trend is highly unusual in the West, where women usually outnumber men, and began in March last year when data showed Sweden had 277 more men than women.

It is also likely to worsen - the current deficit in the Scandinavian country now sits at 12,000.

According to Valerie Hudson, the director of a program on women, peace and security at Texas A&M University, the change is one of the most dramatic she has ever seen, phys.org reported.

She added: 'Are people thinking about whether this could undermine the gains that have been made by Swedish women over the last 150 years?'

Official statisticians say the change is due to men's life expectancy catching up with women, while the influx of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa also tends to be mostly males.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3616821/Sweden-s-mansized-problem-country-12-000-men-women-gap-growing-wider-new-generation.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway will all soon have more men than women in the coming years. And trends show that men will outnumber women in both Britain and Germany by the year 2050.

[NutmegYankee]

5. I was going to post the same thing.

Sad but true.

[Bjornsdotter]

10. Won't work in Sweden

...we haven't been in a war since 1814.

[bluedigger]

2. According to the laws of supply and demand, this could work out well for women.

But I want to know where the women are going to? Or have basic life expectancy rates flipped for the sexes? What explains the trend?

My money says that Sven's getting left alone in the cold.

[Hekate]

3. Except, it NEVER works out well for women

[bluedigger]

7. A generalization without evidence.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/31274/6-modern-societies-where-women-literally-rule

Expect the worst and you will never be disappointed.

[davidn3600]

9. Women in India may say different

Very high level of sexual violence in India where there are a lot more men than women.

Many other countries with high male populations also tend to lag in women's rights.

Most of these are non-western countries that have problems. So maybe there will be a different result. But usually it doesn't work out well for women when there are more men.

The list you gave are very small societies.

[bluedigger]

11. Well, the first reply to the OP (and it's response) imply the solution is culling the males.

For understandable reasons, I'd prefer to explore alternative resolutions to the problem.

[scscholar]

6. Even more pressure from men to do what we don't want to do

That's the problem with it. The neighborhood where I live in Seattle has turned almost 75% male, and it's bad now.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. The natural birth ratio is about 105 boys to 100 girls

If male life expectancy gets closer to the female, you can end up with more males. There may also be an effect from immigration - more single men than single women immigrating.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. Well, excuse us for living. n/m

[CanonRay]

12. That's what 400 years with no war will get you. N/t