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Gender Ratios are so lop-sided? What is going on?
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Anonymous
| My DD has gone on several tours where the gender ratio is almost 2/3 female to male (BU was a recent one that our tour guide said was close to that). What is going on? Why aren't colleges at least trying to balance things a bit? My daughter feels like it will be a weird atmosphere for her when it's so female-heavy. She doesn't just want to go to school with guys who got in through recruited sports. She wants to go to college with smart, goal-oriented men. |
Anonymous
You want DEI for boys? |
Anonymous
| Completely agree. I think they are trying to balance this, but the reality fewer men are going to college these days. This is just my opinion, but given the MAGA movement I fear there’s going to be a lack of dateable men as well. |
Anonymous
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Earlier maturity and the style of American K-12 education currently favors female students who have better application packages as a result. Males are slower to develop and usually peak later or reach potential after or during college.
I do agree that colleges should balance genders more. There are lots of great womens' colleges for those who want an all-women format. |
Anonymous
our NYC private HS balances gender for incoming class. no one has a problem with it. our kids want even amounts of girls to boys. it makes for a more healthy school environment IMO rather than having too much of any one gender dominating the class. |
Anonymous
| pssst: you really need to read about or listen to what Charlie Kirk and similar ilk have been feeding the young men. With his recent exhalation, expect his word to be consumed as gospel. |
Anonymous
| I remember this was predicted to happen 20 years ago. Now it has. It's like in the past when fewer women went to college than men and even fewer went to professional schools. It's the new reality and it will shape the future workforce. Maybe not a bad thing except for the dating part. That will be hard for young women. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| I’m sure I’ll get slammed for this, but as a society we’ve abandoned our boys. They don’t have role models to look up to. We disparage men in general and white men in particular. We cater to those who claim victimhood. |
Anonymous
So there’s no shortage of high performing, ultra wealthy boys in NYC. No surprise there. |
Anonymous
Maybe gap years or going to school later as an acceptable alternative would help more young men go to college. Not as many people, men or women, used to go to college. Maybe more women would have gone if there had been more opportunity for them. |
Anonymous
My teenage son has had tons of great male role models in his life. Starting with his dad, plus several teachers, scout leaders, and mentors in both music and sports. None of them are playing the victim. |
Anonymous
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Boys dont want to go on college tours. Girls do. So that is one factor as far as tours go.
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Anonymous
| Old news- American, GWU, Emory, Tulane, William and Mary- all known for lopsided gender ratios. |
Anonymous
I agree that we've been taking young men for granted lately and focusing on young women and girls simply because of our country (and the world)'s history of discrimination and sometimes misogyny. Older generations of men (boomers, Gen X, older millenials) are fine but younger gen (Gen Z) men have been ignored to all of our detriment. It impacts all of society how all of society does. And the ignored will get attention from whatever or whoever is giving it. I would counter that there are still many American male role models if people are looking for them: Barack Obama, James Tallerico of TX, Wes Moore, John Stewart, LeBron James, Lin Manuel Miranda, Pete Buttigieg, Josh Shapiro, Kendrick Lamar, ... |