A decrease in male population would be beneficial for society

Alrighty, I'm going to go through each question in order one by one... 1."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." Even with crimes being proportional, with less men there is less crime. In a world with fewer males there would still be people who make up society. For the people living in that society, life would be less dangerous. 2."What conditions for women are you talking about? Which societies are you talking about? What do you mean about the "likelihood to be prepped..."?" Conditions: economic, cultural (in regards to how they are viewed and treated as a whole) Societies: In this case, I'm specifically thinking about American society, but it would be applicable for many besides that one. Likelihood to be prepped: likelihood that parents and educators would encourage girls to become more involved with math/science/tech related activities. For example, I used to work at Toys R Us. When parents would buy science kits, they almost always had a boy in tow who they were buying it for. With fewer males, previously male dominated arenas in the workplace would have more open spots, and parents/educators would be more willing to train females to fill those spots, since someone has to, and women would now have a higher success rate in getting them. 3."Are you talking about decreasing the male population while increasing the female population?" No, I'm saying the male to female ratio would stay the same through time, at around 4-6 boys for every 10 girls. But yes, to get there first the male population would decrease, while the female population increased. 4."If people are not engaging in life-long monogamy, then why would be still need to decrease the male population for this purpose?" I don't understand your question. This part isn't so much a benefit as a rebuttal to a common counterargument people have (along the lines of "if there were more women than men most women would be spinsters and never get laid, which could cause societal problems.") I just wanted to get it out in round one so I wouldn't have to later. :) 5."How would this be beneficial to society as whole, rather than just women? I only see this as helping women in society." I think it could be potentially beneficial to men as well. Men would be around more highly educated women (if women aren't focusing their lives around men and babies, they're likely focusing it around getting a higher education and better career.) This would allow them to meet more women who they are attracted to on not only a sexual, but also an intellectual level (which there currently seems to be a need for- talk to an engineering or hard science major about how they'd feel about meeting an attractive female with the same major.) If your partner stimulates you intellectually in addition to sexually, boredom is less likely, and you have a higher chance of having a more enjoyable relationship. 6."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." True, you can't be sure there would be fewer planned pregnancies and more planned pregnancies. However, unless the fewer males in society start having huge amounts of unprotected sex with multiple females, the rates of accidental pregnancies would likely not reach current levels with a pretty 50/50 population split. So this, coupled with larger amounts of same-sex couples, who may or may not want to have children (they obviously can't have accidental pregnancies, gay sex doesn't work that way), would mean the population would decrease.