China's One Child Policy backlash

Below is a link to an article a friend of mine sent me today. According to the article there are currently 37 Million more men and boys in China than women and girls.

I am a little encouraged by this. I know it sounds somewhat morbid but I find a little solice in the possibility that the shortage of women will generate a more respectful view of women and girls in China. If China can convince these women and girls that they deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, perhaps the outlook for the women of China will be a little brighter. I have worried over the past few years about the girls growing up in orphanages and their prospects of gaining a husband. In a world where ancestry and family lineage is so very important these girls from orphanages would have little hope of finding a husband. Now with the serious imbalance they will not necessarily have a difficult time.

More so than the girls, I worry for the boys who grow up in orphanages. They will have a more difficult time finding wives unless they find a wife that also grew up in an orphanage. If this is the case they will actually live a much more profitable life as adults as they will not carry the burden of caring for aging parents and grand parents. They will have fewer mouths to feed. While their early adult lives will struggle as they have no family to lean on, they will be ahead of the game when their counter parts who grew up with birth families become responsible for caring and providing for agin parents and grand parents.

It will be interesting to see how much of this plays out.

http://english.sina.com/china/1/2007/0717/118915.html