Who would have thunk it?

Over 30 Million men with out a chance of having a female mate or a "normal" life. It's not like women tend to have a settling effect on most men, giving them an opportunity to tame themselves. The law of unintended consequences:

In Kunming I saw another of China's harsh faces. You may have seen pictures of children in cages, or tethered to posts, and gasped at the cruelty. But you did not know the half of it.



Their seemingly brutal parents are in fact trying to prevent their children from being stolen.

Boys are kidnapped by families who want a male heir and do not care where they get him. Girls are taken to be brought up as child brides  for cherished, spoiled boys, who will not have to worry about the increasing shortage of girls.

What  ???? Never say that the One Child Policy Government Policy could have negative repercussions. Primo example of institutional forward thinking. It will be interesting to watch this demographic work it's way thru.