Skewed gender ratios in SF - Revision history

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	* [[Neal Stephenson]]. ''[[The Diamond Age]]'' (near future world in which Chinese sex-selection has resulted in many girls being given away; an army of these girls has been raised)		* [[Neal Stephenson]]. ''[[The Diamond Age]]'' (near future world in which Chinese sex-selection has resulted in many girls being given away; an army of these girls has been raised)
	* [[Sheri S. Tepper]]. ''[[Six Moon Dance]]'' (1998) (half of the female population dies at birth)		* [[Sheri S. Tepper]]. ''[[Six Moon Dance]]'' (1998) (half of the female population dies at birth)
			* [[Anna Wilson]], ''[[Hatching Stones]]'' (1991) (men clone themselves; women become fewer and fewer over the generations and eventually go into exile)

	==Male Scarcity==		==Male Scarcity==

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Male Scarcity: directors

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	* [[Nicola Griffith]]. [[Ammonite]]. Women may psychically fertilize one another; pregnancy and childbirth are normal, and the child inherits both parents' genetic material.		* [[Nicola Griffith]]. [[Ammonite]]. Women may psychically fertilize one another; pregnancy and childbirth are normal, and the child inherits both parents' genetic material.
	* [[Sandi Hall]]. ''[[Wingwomen of Hera]]'' (Spinsters / Aunt Lute: 1987) - the women of Hera are a parthenogenetic race ...		* [[Sandi Hall]]. ''[[Wingwomen of Hera]]'' (Spinsters / Aunt Lute: 1987) - the women of Hera are a parthenogenetic race ...
	* [[Donald G. Jackson]], "[[Hell Comes to Frogtown]]" (1988)		* [[Donald G. Jackson]] and [[R. J. Kizer]] (directors), "[[Hell Comes to Frogtown]]" (1988)
	* [[Lee Killough]], ''[[A Voice Out of Ramah]]'' (1978)		* [[Lee Killough]], ''[[A Voice Out of Ramah]]'' (1978)
	* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. "[[The Matter of Seggri]]". Birth ratio of boys to girls has been skewed by disease, and society has changed as a result.		* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. "[[The Matter of Seggri]]". Birth ratio of boys to girls has been skewed by disease, and society has changed as a result.

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1988

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	* [[Nicola Griffith]]. [[Ammonite]]. Women may psychically fertilize one another; pregnancy and childbirth are normal, and the child inherits both parents' genetic material.		* [[Nicola Griffith]]. [[Ammonite]]. Women may psychically fertilize one another; pregnancy and childbirth are normal, and the child inherits both parents' genetic material.
	* [[Sandi Hall]]. ''[[Wingwomen of Hera]]'' (Spinsters / Aunt Lute: 1987) - the women of Hera are a parthenogenetic race ...		* [[Sandi Hall]]. ''[[Wingwomen of Hera]]'' (Spinsters / Aunt Lute: 1987) - the women of Hera are a parthenogenetic race ...
			* [[Donald G. Jackson]], "[[Hell Comes to Frogtown]]" (1988)
	* [[Lee Killough]], ''[[A Voice Out of Ramah]]'' (1978)		* [[Lee Killough]], ''[[A Voice Out of Ramah]]'' (1978)
	* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. "[[The Matter of Seggri]]". Birth ratio of boys to girls has been skewed by disease, and society has changed as a result.		* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. "[[The Matter of Seggri]]". Birth ratio of boys to girls has been skewed by disease, and society has changed as a result.

Lquilter: moved Skewed gender ratios to Skewed gender ratios in SF

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moved Skewed gender ratios to Skewed gender ratios in SF

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Female Scarcity: smith

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	* Virgilio Martini. ''[[The World Without Women]]'' (1936; Iesolo, Italy: Tritone, 1969; New York: Dial, 1971) [transl. by Emile Capouya]. Originally published as ''[[Il Mondo Senza Donne]]''. [almost all women die from a mysterious disease]		* Virgilio Martini. ''[[The World Without Women]]'' (1936; Iesolo, Italy: Tritone, 1969; New York: Dial, 1971) [transl. by Emile Capouya]. Originally published as ''[[Il Mondo Senza Donne]]''. [almost all women die from a mysterious disease]
	* Patrick Ness, ''[[The Knife of Never Letting Go]]''		* Patrick Ness, ''[[The Knife of Never Letting Go]]''
			* Cordwainer Smith, "[[The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal]]" (1964) (females converted to males by colonists; colonists ultimately mutate into crazed haters of bi-sexed humanity)
	* [[Neal Stephenson]]. ''[[The Diamond Age]]'' (near future world in which Chinese sex-selection has resulted in many girls being given away; an army of these girls has been raised)		* [[Neal Stephenson]]. ''[[The Diamond Age]]'' (near future world in which Chinese sex-selection has resulted in many girls being given away; an army of these girls has been raised)
	* [[Sheri S. Tepper]]. ''[[Six Moon Dance]]'' (1998) (half of the female population dies at birth)		* [[Sheri S. Tepper]]. ''[[Six Moon Dance]]'' (1998) (half of the female population dies at birth)

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Female Scarcity: links

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	* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. ''[[Ethan of Athos]]''. A planet founded by men as men only world		* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. ''[[Ethan of Athos]]''. A planet founded by men as men only world
	* A. Bertram Chandler. ''[[Spartan Planet]]'' (1969)		* A. Bertram Chandler. ''[[Spartan Planet]]'' (1969)
	* Thomas S. Gardner. "The Last Woman" in Wonder Stories (April 1932); republished in Moskowitz' When Women Rule (1972)		* Thomas S. Gardner. "The Last Woman" in ''Wonder Stories'' (April 1932); republished in Moskowitz' ''[[When Women Rule]]'' (1972)
	* [[Frank Herbert]]. ''[[The White Plague]]'' (not all women eliminated but many women killed / infertile)		* [[Frank Herbert]]. ''[[The White Plague]]'' (not all women eliminated but many women killed / infertile)
	* Jon Inouye. "Last Man," in ''A Night Tide'' (1976) [all women eliminated]		* Jon Inouye. "Last Man," in ''A Night Tide'' (1976) [all women eliminated]

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Female Scarcity: ''

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	==Female Scarcity==		==Female Scarcity==
	* [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] and John J. Wells ([[pseudonym]] for [[Juanita Coulson]]). "Another Rib," Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1963.		* [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] and John J. Wells ([[pseudonym]] for [[Juanita Coulson]]). "Another Rib," Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1963.
	* Captain Samuel Brunt. A Voyage to Cacklogallinia with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs, and Manners of that Country (1727). Swift-esque satire; a man visits the moon and sees a happy all-male species that has no sex ...		* Captain Samuel Brunt. ''[[A Voyage to Cacklogallinia with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs, and Manners of that Country]]'' (1727). Swift-esque satire; a man visits the moon and sees a happy all-male species that has no sex ...
	* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. [[Ethan of Athos]]. A planet founded by men as men only world		* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. ''[[Ethan of Athos]]''. A planet founded by men as men only world
	* A. Bertram Chandler. [[Spartan Planet]] (1969)		* A. Bertram Chandler. ''[[Spartan Planet]]'' (1969)
	* Thomas S. Gardner. "The Last Woman" in Wonder Stories (April 1932); republished in Moskowitz' When Women Rule (1972)		* Thomas S. Gardner. "The Last Woman" in Wonder Stories (April 1932); republished in Moskowitz' When Women Rule (1972)
	* [[Frank Herbert]]. The White Plague (not all women eliminated but many women killed / infertile)		* [[Frank Herbert]]. ''[[The White Plague]]'' (not all women eliminated but many women killed / infertile)
	* Jon Inouye. "Last Man," in A Night Tide (1976) [all women eliminated]		* Jon Inouye. "Last Man," in ''A Night Tide'' (1976) [all women eliminated]
	* Day Keene (pseud. for [[Gunard Hjerstedt]], 1903-1969), & [[Leonard Pruyn]]. World Without Women (1960)		* Day Keene (pseud. for [[Gunard Hjerstedt]], 1903-1969), & [[Leonard Pruyn]]. ''[[World Without Women]]'' (1960)
	* Rand B. Lee. "Full Fathom Five My Father Lies," Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Feb. 1981; reprinted in Worlds Apart, ed. by Decarnin, Garber & Paleo (1986)		* Rand B. Lee. "Full Fathom Five My Father Lies," ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', Feb. 1981; reprinted in ''[[Worlds Apart]]'', ed. by Decarnin, Garber & Paleo (1986)
	* Lucian. "True History" (approx. 175 A.D.; republished in The Works of Lucian of Samosata (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905)) (only men living on the moon)		* Lucian. "True History" (approx. 175 A.D.; republished in ''The Works of Lucian of Samosata'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905)) (only men living on the moon)
	* Amin Maalouf, 1949- . The First Century After Beatrice (1993; 1995)		* Amin Maalouf, 1949- . ''[[The First Century After Beatrice]]'' (1993; 1995)
	* Virgilio Martini. The World Without Women (1936; Iesolo, Italy: Tritone, 1969; New York: Dial, 1971) [transl. by Emile Capouya]. Originally published as Il Mondo Senza Donne. [almost all women die from a mysterious disease]		* Virgilio Martini. ''[[The World Without Women]]'' (1936; Iesolo, Italy: Tritone, 1969; New York: Dial, 1971) [transl. by Emile Capouya]. Originally published as ''[[Il Mondo Senza Donne]]''. [almost all women die from a mysterious disease]
	* [[Neal Stephenson]]. [[The Diamond Age]] (near future world in which Chinese sex-selection has resulted in many girls being given away; an army of these girls has been raised)		* Patrick Ness, ''[[The Knife of Never Letting Go]]''
	* [[Sheri S. Tepper]]. [[Six Moon Dance]] (1998) (half of the female population dies at birth)		* [[Neal Stephenson]]. ''[[The Diamond Age]]'' (near future world in which Chinese sex-selection has resulted in many girls being given away; an army of these girls has been raised)
			* [[Sheri S. Tepper]]. ''[[Six Moon Dance]]'' (1998) (half of the female population dies at birth)

	==Male Scarcity==		==Male Scarcity==

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category:Themes and tropes by name

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	[[Category:Social themes]]		[[Category:Social themes]]
			[[category:Themes and tropes by name]]

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Works featuring skewed gender ratios]]
	* [[Woman-only worlds]]		* [[Woman-only worlds]]
			* [[Skewed gender ratios]]
	* [[All-woman worlds encounter men]]		* [[All-woman worlds encounter men]]
	* [[:Category:Works featuring female-only worlds]]		* [[:Category:Works featuring female-only worlds]]

	[[Category:Social themes]]		[[Category:Social themes]]

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	* [[All-woman worlds encounter men]]		* [[All-woman worlds encounter men]]
	* [[:Category:Works featuring female-only worlds]]		* [[:Category:Works featuring female-only worlds]]

			==Further reading==
			* [http://thelastmanonearth.blogspot.com/ The Last Man on Earth] blog

	[[Category:Social themes]]		[[Category:Social themes]]
	[[category:Themes and tropes by name]]		[[category:Themes and tropes by name]]