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Sexual frustration will hurt Asia

Asbury Park Press – 11/11/07 –
William Pesek

“ The Geopolitics of Sexual
Frustration. “ That's how Martin Walker, a senior fellow at the New
School University of New York, refers to an under appreciated risk to
Asia's economic outlook.

French demographer Christophe Guillmoto
calls it “masculinization”. “ Others put it more bluntly: “
The Penis Preference.”

No matter what one calls it, the desire
for sons in China, for example, 120 boys were born for every 100
girls in 2005, according to a new United Nations report. This
growing testosterone glut is something investors making long-term
bets on Asia should be monitoring, and closely.

“Sex ratio imbalances only lead to
far-reaching imbalances in society, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, head of the
UN Population Fund, said in Hyderabad, India, on Oct. 29.

“We must carry forward the message
that every human being is born equal in dignity, worth and human
rights.”

Tell that to the ever-growing numbers
of families fro Beijing to New Delhi and from Hanoi to Kathmandu
actively avoiding the birth of daughters. It is a cultural phenomenon
governments have yet to address sufficiently and one that could have
unexpected economic side effects.

The preference for boys often boils
down to economics. Sons tend to support parents in their old age,
while daughters are often seen as a liability sometimes need to pay a
dowry when daughters marry. In some cultures, sons perform last rites
when parents die and continue the family name.

Reverse Darwinism

It's a bit of Darwinism in reverse.
Families are conducting a kind of unnatural selection process to get
ahead economically. Yet hundred of millions of households engaging in
such an experiment may backfire on entire economies. Guillmoto, who
wrote the UN report, says men will outnumbered by 23 million in India
and by 26 million in China by 2030. Some estimates are even higher.

...It might even lead to an increase in
violence.

This latter risk was detained in the
2004 book “ Bare Branches: Security implications of Asia's Surplus
Male Population.” In it Valerie Hudson and Andra den Boer warned
that Asia's shortage of women is giving rise to en entire generation
of young men with no prospect of finding a mate. They argue that
biology, sociology and history suggest the imbalance will lead to
crime and social disorder.

Gender gap

Far-fetched, perhaps,yet the UN warns
that the focus on sons in countries such as China, India, Nepal and
Vietnam may fuel sexual violence and trafficking in women . UN notes
that if Asia's overall sex ratio were the same as the rest of the
globe, in 2005 the region would have had 163 million more females.

Here, China and India should be the
largest concern for investors. Multinational companies are relying on
increased consumer demand in the two most-populous nations. So are
investors, who are betting on strong economic growth, rising
productivity and an ample supply of increasing skilled labour....

Trafficking

One consequence of Chinese becoming
richer may be more sex selection, not less.

Improving ultrasound and amniocentesis
technology is making it easier for parents to abort girls, and
reports of female infanticide are becoming routine! The same is true
of India: the wealthier the region, the wider the gender divide is
likely to be.

China's government is beginning to
address the issue...

Sexual frustration

Hu, the President, wants to spread the
benefits of China's 11.5 percent growth. At the moment, the lack of
safety nets- public help with education, health care and
pensions-means that sons are the safety net. Having a boy is your
retirement plan and until that changes, Chinese may welcome fewer and
fewer daughters...Breaking all this will require tremendous political
will and spending in the years ahead.

In Asia's case, worsening sexual
frustration may frustrate economic growth.

The masculine is the positive- pole,
the female is the negative - pole. The Yin -Yang harmonic
principles, are lacking in Asia.

As a subsequence the protective,
nurturing principle has no free expressions in these countries.

The body of the Mother – the safe,
loving environment or context in which forms flourish, is lack in the
culture.

The missing-key of healing and unity
among groups and nations, which the female principle represents, the
intuitive radiation of the Yin, must balance, courage, action and
dynamic Yang tendencies, as soon as possible, or Asia will get into
international trouble.

Leni
provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops,
readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English
and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in
demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni
Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com

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