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Comment author: eirenicon 30 June 2009 06:53:31PM 1 point [-]
  1. FWIW, a random historical peasant is about 50% likely to be female.

I don't know how reliable this source is but it suggests that the sex ratio in medieval Europe, at least, was skewed toward men, and offers some compelling reasons for it.