Consequences of India's Gender Imbalance

It is pretty commonly known, at least within India, that due to decades of Sex-selective abortions and Female Infanticide, India's Sex ratio has been quite low, especially among the younger segments of the population. As of 2011, the Sex Ratio was 940 for the whole of India, that is 940 females for every 1000 males.

And while this is actually an improvement over the previous Sex ratio of 933 in 2001, the Child Sex ratio has in fact fallen, which essentially means that the problem of Female Infanticide and Foeticide have not been properly addressed. It seems, rather, that the increase in overall Sex ratio has primarily been due to better medical facilities being available to Indian Women.

Thus, the situation remains quite unpleasant for many Indian Men. In recent years, many stories have come to light from women-deficient North Indian States such as Punjab and Haryana where many men have resorted to 'importing' brides from other parts of the country, especially the women-heavy south. But this is only a limited solution which is only available to some relatively affluent segments of society. Thus, one significant consequence of the Gender Imbalance has been the inability of young men to find wives, especially among the lower strata of society, and this problem is only likely to get worse.

The other issue is Women's safety; as younger men are becoming more sexually aware, yet in effect becoming more sexually deprived due to continuing social taboos regarding Sex and also of course due to the imbalance in the Gender Ratio among the youth, many young men are increasingly taking the law into their hands and attacking women sexually in rapidly rising cases of sexual violence.

Furthermore, there is a rise in overall violence and antagonism in society as Testosterone charged young men look for whatever release they can find, and thus, many turn to violent crimes and general Anti-Social behavior. As time passes by, this problem will also get increasingly worse if the State does not do anything to stop or control it.

Furthermore, the Gender Imbalance is leading to an overall lack of happiness among young men in the country as they find it more and more difficult to find a suitable mate, whether through marriage or some non--marital partnership. This lack of happiness translates to lesser productivity and a greater sense of directionless and hopelessness among the country's young men.

In Conclusion, the State needs to act immediately to counter these multiple adverse consequences of the Gender Imbalance in India; they can take steps like increasing support to people who have daughters, opening more Orphanages for Girls, legislating harsher penalties for killing female foetuses/infants, legalizing Prostitution and making it easier for young men to migrate Abroad.