IIRC, the proportion of women to men currently attending college is roughly equal to the proportion of women to men in the general population. Men are outnumbered in school because men are outnumbered in the birth rate.
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Jessica - Mar 26, 2010 9:30:13 am PDT #14073 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Dana - Mar 26, 2010 9:31:56 am PDT #14074 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Men are outnumbered in school because men are outnumbered in the birth rate.
And this is clearly a massive problem that Someone should do Something about.
Daisy Jane - Mar 26, 2010 9:34:27 am PDT #14075 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have seriously had someone look me in the face and tell me that the reason women outnumbering men in college is a Very Bad Thing is that women have other ways of moving up the ladder, namely, marrying up the ladder. Cause that's the same as having opportunity. Again @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ forever.
flea - Mar 26, 2010 9:36:07 am PDT #14076 of 30000
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Not so, Jessica - generally more boys are born than girls: [link]
Jessica - Mar 26, 2010 9:36:30 am PDT #14077 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The hell?? Because being married to a CEO is exactly the same as BEING a CEO. Just ask Betty Draper.
Jessica - Mar 26, 2010 9:36:57 am PDT #14078 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, huh. I wonder where I picked that up, then.
smonster - Mar 26, 2010 9:37:12 am PDT #14079 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
And this is clearly a massive problem that Someone should do Something about.
Import men from China, where they have the opposite problem?
nevermind
amych - Mar 26, 2010 9:39:35 am PDT #14080 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My in-laws' FAC has gone heavily into the whole ZOMG BOYS IN CRISIS thing, which means that MIL has too -- it's... interesting to hear her happily navigate the contradiction between "liberal society has a conspiracy to feminize boys by making them sit still and do homework and it's going to destroy the USA*" and "those children need stricter discipline and the three R's".
* if you make them wash the dishes they turn out to be gay and not good husbands and soldiers, or something.
Gudanov - Mar 26, 2010 9:39:59 am PDT #14081 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Oh, huh. I wonder where I picked that up, then.
I believe the population ratio has slightly more women than men.
amych - Mar 26, 2010 9:42:36 am PDT #14082 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
More boys are born but more girls survive? Or something like that?