More boys are born but more girls survive? Or something like that?
Actually, more women are being killed earlier in life, through abortions, malnutrition, selling them as slaves (which shorten their lives, since slavery changed since the 18th century and they're "disposable" [link] ), or simply by giving their children the best that they can give, and hence neglecting themselves.
By raw demographic data, there are several millions of missing women in the world today. There such a thing as gendercide, and it's being silenced.
(My demography classes, they kick ass).
I think they were speaking US only, Shir. But, fair point.
flea - what's your undergrad in?
Signed, having a total career crisis. Again.
Aims, Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology. Kid you not.
Ok, that is awesome.
I am wondering if I should stop with the teaching degree and just get the BA in English and then head to grad school.
But my friend Kristy keep telling me how much she wishes she had her teaching degree so that she could do more and how she's gonna make me get mine.
flea, me too!
eta: same college, I think we discovered
I don't know much about Ed degrees - I have a BA, and MA (in Classics, soooo useful!) and an MLIS.
Toddson, indeed. Rather different eras, IIRC, but I am sure we share Bruni and Machteld among others.
I didn't think I'd be interested in getting a Master's, but the head of our English program at UoL told me it would be very sad if I didn't pursue it. Huh. (I did want to, at one point, but ever since I passed the last exams last May, I've not ever wanted to study ever again ever.)
Zen, I think she meant for me. And I think she meant it as a compliment--that English studies were definitely my True Luff.
