[Talking_Mouse]

Or turn it around and require the groom's family to pay a bride price. (I suspect that will happen on its own, as marriageable girls become scarce.)

I think you are ultimately right but the transition is going to be brutal. Aborting female fetuses will continue as long as grandparents want males, because the grandparents have the money. I see another 30 - 60 years of skewed gender birthrates towards males, then the gradual change of skewed gender birthrates to females.

During this time India, China and the Middle East are going to have many riots, wars, and uprisings because a significant portion (maybe as high as 15%) of the males will never see themselves as having a wife. Forgive me for being crude here, but there are not enough prostitutes around, so many of these males will not ever see themselves as having sex. This will lead to very aggressive behavior on the part of said males.

One of the reasons the promise of 72 virgins is so attractive to jihadists is that they do not see themselves as being able to compete for and win females in their society. It will take a total cultural shift to start valuing females over males. This will only happen as the older generations (the current, and most kids over 5 will be part of this older generation) does not exert cultural power.

[SauronOfMordor]

I think you are ultimately right but the transition is going to be brutal. Aborting female fetuses will continue as long as grandparents want males, because the grandparents have the money.

This makes sense from the grandparents viewpoints, because sons support their families (in exchange for eventual inheritance), while daughters become part of their husbands' families

[cherry]

your very reasons is why I don’t understand the acceptance of polygamy.....what do young men do when all the young females are taken by a few rich elites....