And this is clearly a massive problem that Someone should do Something about.
Import men from China, where they have the opposite problem?
nevermind
Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
smonster - Mar 26, 2010 9:37:12 am PDT #14079 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
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?
flea - Mar 26, 2010 9:42:58 am PDT #14083 of 30000
information libertarian
Here are the hard stats on degree-granting by sex, for associates' degrees through PhDs. Women are now on par even for PhDs, and "first professional" which includes MDs, and ahead for everything below that. [link]
Daisy Jane - Mar 26, 2010 9:43:54 am PDT #14084 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
The hell?? Because being married to a CEO is exactly the same as BEING a CEO. Just ask Betty Draper.
I'm fairly sure this person watches/would watch Mad Men and think, "The early sixties were awesome! You could cheat and drink and smoke at the office!" like Sterling Cooper is some sort of utopia.
Gudanov - Mar 26, 2010 9:44:03 am PDT #14085 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I think the college ratio is 57/43 Female/Male and has stabilized there. My guesses for the reason why are that there are more job opportunities for males without a college degree, social factors that make boys think academics are wimpy, and that girls read a lot more.
flea - Mar 26, 2010 9:46:25 am PDT #14086 of 30000
information libertarian
More boys die in childhood in the US; by the time you're in the 15-30 year old age bracket the sex ratio is 1:1. [link] Since men die sooner in old age (over 65 there are 3 men to every 4 women), overall women are ahead.
Nora Deirdre - Mar 26, 2010 9:46:27 am PDT #14087 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
flea, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to stop supporting FACTS with DATA! Heh.
I did know that Masters degrees were on par these-a-days (but was too lazy to qualify a PERFECTLY GOOD RANT), but for some reason wasn't tuned into the Ph.D.s being so. It might be because I'm at a school that has heavy male-dominated fields and so there's a lot of work to overcome that shizz.
Gudanov - Mar 26, 2010 9:48:11 am PDT #14088 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
More boys are born but more girls survive? Or something like that?
I think that's it. We men folk die more.