Alarm raised on Asia's males Risks seen from 'surplus' numbers By Michael S. Schmidt, Globe Correspondent | November 26, 2004 The explosive growth of male populations in China and India could threaten social order in those countries as well as international security, according to a book by two academic researchers. In "Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population," Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. den Boer predict that by 2020, males 15 to 34 could outnumber females by more than 60 million in China and India combined. Hudson said men at the lower ends of the socioeconomic spectrum, who already are predisposed to violence [P6:???], will be the least likely to find partners because they lack the job skills, money, and looks needed to attract wives. These men will not create families that would give them a stake in the established rule of law, she contends. "You haven't given them anything to care for in the sense that society can protect the people and the family good, and they are without allegiance," Hudson said. "Bare Branches" suggests these men will be more likely to commit violent crimes and test government power by organizing themselves in irregular armies.