A decrease in male population would be beneficial for society

This is an interesting topic. I thank my opponent for allowing me to accept this debate. A decrease in global male population would be beneficial for society. At least, that is what my opponent is arguing. I do not think that any benefits would occur for society if the global male population decreases. But, lets just look at the arguments my opponent has stated. "Many societal ills would be greatly reduced. Our prisons would be less full (assaults and murders would take a nosedive), and the market for sex trafficking would be greatly reduced, seeing how it's clientï¿½le is composed of almost exclusively men." Societal ills would probably be reduced, but would that be any benefit to society? After all, when there are less men in the world, there are less people in society, so the number of men & the number of crimes committed by men would be proportional. So, there is not much benefit here. "Conditions for women would improve. Due to a dearth of male workers, girls would have a higher likelihood to be prepped for higher paying math/science/technology jobs due to a need to fill them. This would give women more economic power and enable them to be less expendable, making conditions for ill treatment less likely." What conditions for women are you talking about? Which societies are you talking about? What do you mean about the "likelihood to be prepped..."? "Men would have a larger pool of women to choose a one-night stand, lover, or life partner from, which would 1.) likely lead in greater marital/sexual satisfaction due to a higher capability to "date up" their social ladder and ability to choose from a wider variety of options and 2.) decrease the demand for prostitutes, which would further destroy the market for sex trafficking." Are you talking about decreasing the male population while increasing the female population? "This wouldn't cause too much harm for women, since they are more sexually fluid it's not far fetched to believe more would be entering into homosexual relationships. And seeing how we no longer live in a society where people engage in life-long monogamy, many women would still have a strong chance of having a male partner at some point in their life." If people are not engaging in life-long monogamy, then why would be still need to decrease the male population for this purpose? "The media would provide more shows marketed to women that don't center around their relationship to men and children (Birth Story, Say Yes to the Dress, etc.) due to fewer women focusing their lives around relationships to men and their children, creating less demand. This would further empower women to do something more with their lives than solely aspire to become a wife and/or baby machine." How would this be beneficial to society as whole, rather than just women? I only see this as helping women in society. "There would be fewer accidental pregnancies, and more planned pregnancies (think gay couples.) This would lead to higher amounts of children being born into homes where they are highly valued and invested in. Not only would this help contribute to a healthier, more stable population, it would also decrease the population, easing the pressure we put on our environment. We'll have to decrease the population eventually and learn to function in an older society, this would contribute to the process." You can't be sure that there will be fewer accidental pregnancies and more planned pregnancies. Even so, I don't see how planned pregnancies would decrease the population.