A chat with a friend recently on child bearing led to the conclusion that most of those having babies now are having baby girls. This is something I have noticed in the past few years, and though I do not have statistics to back this up, I'm certain there are other people who have noticed this trend too. Why the scarcity of baby boys?

Have witnessed same. Baby girls on parole.

Funny all the preg/new borns are all boys.

God has a way of balancing it

^^ was just gonna say that too

All recent new born here are baby boys , a colleague's scan revealed boy too .

@Bukatyne and jidegirl; Its quite comforting to know its not girls galore. Was beginning to think the Isaiah 4:1 Prophecy is coming to pass

oh well...


Higher % of juvie inmates ( under 18) were boys ( not proud if it)...then this post kinda explains why more womenfolk are noticeable than men.

dayokanu: I tend to agree that there are more eligible women than men. Maybe this is where the assertion comes from

e.g if 10 boys and 10 girls were born

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On the men side

1 might have died in hustle e.g trekking to Europe, car racing, Peddling drugs, Oil bunkering and other high risk stuff men engage in

1 might have died in war or street violence

1 might be in jail.

1 might be GAYY

1 might think he needs to acquire the whole world before he marries since he doesnt have a biological clock

1 might just be an eternal playboy who think he is Gods gift to ALL women

1 might just be a bum who wouldnt work or get an education and just laze around which many women dont find attractive

Leaving the pool of eligible men with just 3 guys
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On the female side

-Women dont die as much because they naturally avoid high risk ventures.
-Dont go to war and dont do gangsterism,
-They dont go to jail as much,
-The notion of the biological clock puts a time pressure on them
-The society frowns at "Playgirls" as against playboys
-Most cultures dont expect much economic power from the woman so even a woman without 1 Naira sees herself as eligible unlike a man who might not be economically eligible even with 5million in his account

Therefore we might still have 7-8 eligible women

So ratio 3:7

Hopefully the new generation will change the trend.

^^^^
Funny Logic but I get your point.