Flutterby™! : Too many men

The Volokh Conspiracy: Surplus of Males and Runaway (with the Bride-Price) Brides. Looks at a book called Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population, by Valerie Hudson and Andre den Boer (2004), and notes that in general as women become more rare, they're treated more and more like property.

From a Columbine entry that you probably can't read.