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.
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.