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List out the impacts on society if sex ratio is too low or too high.

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1. The unbalanced sex ratios should be reflected in various social settings, including the modern college campus. 

2. This ratio impacts the distribution of wealth, alter who sits in boardrooms and at the executive levels of the corporation and what governments do overtime. 

3. A high sex ratio can have many implications, including on crime. 

4. When there is a shortage of women in the marriage market the women can “marry up”, inevitably leaving the least desirable men with a marriage prospectus. 

5. Gender imbalance will lead to a reduction in birth rate.

(OR)

The variations of sex ratio shows serious impact on society. 

If the sex ratio is high: (i.e., more women than men) 

  1. Increase in women literacy – Better family management. 
  2. Better financial management. 
  3. Increases rural economy. 
  4. Controls rural-urban migration. 
  5. Increase in self-employment through selfhelp groups.

If sex ratio is low: (i.e., less women than men)

  1. Scarcity of women. 
  2. It leads to illegal trafficking of women Ex: From Southern States to UP, Bihar etc. 
  3. Unequal distribution of resources like health, nutrition, education etc.


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