I wanted to know why and so I interrogated ChatGPT for a bit, it explained the following:
The Soviet Union lost around 14% of its population during WWII whereas the UK and France each only lost around 2%.
Also (somehow) life expectancy for Russian men is 68, whereas for UK and French men it’s like 79, and yet the women of Russia is like 78 (much closer to the UK and France’s 83 and 85 respectively).
I am surprised I haven’t seen more thinkpieces written about gender dynamics in Russia, which I expect would sway heavily in the men’s favor as they’re the minority.
I also generally update down on Russia’s health and competence at war.
The WWII generation is negligible in 2024. The actual effect is partly the inverted demographic pyramid (older population means more women than men even under normal circumstances), and partly that even young Russian men die horrifically often:
At 2005 mortality rates, for example, only 7% of UK men but 37% of Russian men would die before the age of 55 years
And for that, a major culprit is alcohol (leading to accidents and violence, but also literally drinking oneself to death).
Among the men who don’t self-destruct, I imagine a large fraction have already been taken, meaning that the gender ratio among singles has to be off the charts.
I am extremely surprised to read that Russia has such a harsh gender ratio (86 men for every 100 women), that’s way more aggressive than even China (105 men to 100 women).
I wanted to know why and so I interrogated ChatGPT for a bit, it explained the following:
The Soviet Union lost around 14% of its population during WWII whereas the UK and France each only lost around 2%.
Also (somehow) life expectancy for Russian men is 68, whereas for UK and French men it’s like 79, and yet the women of Russia is like 78 (much closer to the UK and France’s 83 and 85 respectively).
I am surprised I haven’t seen more thinkpieces written about gender dynamics in Russia, which I expect would sway heavily in the men’s favor as they’re the minority.
I also generally update down on Russia’s health and competence at war.
The WWII generation is negligible in 2024. The actual effect is partly the inverted demographic pyramid (older population means more women than men even under normal circumstances), and partly that even young Russian men die horrifically often:
And for that, a major culprit is alcohol (leading to accidents and violence, but also literally drinking oneself to death).
Among the men who don’t self-destruct, I imagine a large fraction have already been taken, meaning that the gender ratio among singles has to be off the charts.
The usual explanation is alcohol related death among russian men.