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This is not related to hair loss.
However, it shows how politics, society, and - mostly - general stupidity have created a situation that makes single men desperate.
In China, the "single child" policy has created a generation in which boys are more numerous than girls, by the millions.
By 2020, it’s estimated there will be 30 million more men than women looking for a partner.
The growing social problem of ‘leftover men’ is largely a result of China's one-child policy, overturned in 2015. For decades, the policy restricted couples to having only one child. A long history of preference for sons led to large numbers of girls being abandoned, placed in orphanages, sex-selective abortions or even cases of female infanticide.
Just imagine how hard it must be a balding man in that generation...
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170213-why-millions-of-chinese-men-are-staying-single
Hiring a girlfriend can cost up to 10,000 yuan ($1,450) a day
Jun Li, from Suzhou in Jiangsu province, in China’s east central coast, is single and in her 20s. She has noticed growing numbers of men on the singles scene “organising as teams” and hiring public entertainment venues for dating events.
Other men are turning to psychologists and stylists to make themselves more appealing. And to avoid prying questions from inquisitive parents, some are even resorting to hiring “fake” girlfriends to present to their parents using apps such as Hire Me Plz. . Reports suggest hiring a girlfriend can cost up to 10,000 yuan ($1,450) a day.
The problems for men in finding a partner are most acute in poorer rural areas, made worse by long-held traditions that the husband must be able to offer a decent level of financial security before he can secure a wife.
Hong Yang, who is now married and in her 30s, describes this as China's “mother-in-law economics”. “If men want to get married, the future mother-in-law will request that he first buys a house before discussing the next step. It's one reason why house prices have been so strong in recent years,” she says.
However, it shows how politics, society, and - mostly - general stupidity have created a situation that makes single men desperate.
In China, the "single child" policy has created a generation in which boys are more numerous than girls, by the millions.
By 2020, it’s estimated there will be 30 million more men than women looking for a partner.
The growing social problem of ‘leftover men’ is largely a result of China's one-child policy, overturned in 2015. For decades, the policy restricted couples to having only one child. A long history of preference for sons led to large numbers of girls being abandoned, placed in orphanages, sex-selective abortions or even cases of female infanticide.
Just imagine how hard it must be a balding man in that generation...
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170213-why-millions-of-chinese-men-are-staying-single
Hiring a girlfriend can cost up to 10,000 yuan ($1,450) a day
Jun Li, from Suzhou in Jiangsu province, in China’s east central coast, is single and in her 20s. She has noticed growing numbers of men on the singles scene “organising as teams” and hiring public entertainment venues for dating events.
Other men are turning to psychologists and stylists to make themselves more appealing. And to avoid prying questions from inquisitive parents, some are even resorting to hiring “fake” girlfriends to present to their parents using apps such as Hire Me Plz. . Reports suggest hiring a girlfriend can cost up to 10,000 yuan ($1,450) a day.
The problems for men in finding a partner are most acute in poorer rural areas, made worse by long-held traditions that the husband must be able to offer a decent level of financial security before he can secure a wife.
Hong Yang, who is now married and in her 30s, describes this as China's “mother-in-law economics”. “If men want to get married, the future mother-in-law will request that he first buys a house before discussing the next step. It's one reason why house prices have been so strong in recent years,” she says.
