Gender Ratios are so lop-sided? What is going on?

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Anonymous wrote:Old news- American, GWU, Emory, Tulane, William and Mary- all known for lopsided gender ratios.

Emory is kind of lopsided by design. If you have a decent sized nursing program and basically no engineering...then it's nearly impossible to have a 50/50 ratio. Even then, it's like 60/40.

Tulane I see is 65/35. Not sure why that school is so imbalanced, though it also isn't well known for heavily male engineering and other STEM programs.

UVA is 57/43. Not that far off from Emory.

UVA also isn’t known for engineering. Does it have nursing as well?

yes it has nursing and it loose the state's engineering males to Virginia Tech.

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ugh, sorry for the typo of loose vs loses

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Is your dd going for her mrs or wants a degree?

eh?

Why focus on males?

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Anonymous wrote:Of the male students at BU or wherever your daughter is interested, is there a higher percentage of athletes who are male vs female compared to the student population at large?

I always thought title 9 made it so the number of athletes was equal?

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

And my son’s dad was MIA for most of his life but still went to college? Why? He knew that college was always part of his education. I always thought it was the mother’s educational attainment that predicted the child’s. I cannot financially support him for his entire life and his financial future is bleak with just a HS diploma.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Better aim high then.
Schools that have roughly even male:female are the top 15-20 privates, they gender balance but remain super competitive so its not a though the boys are less intelligent than girls--bar is not lowered significantly for the boys.
These schools have are male and female athletes, they represent less than 1/4 of the incoming class. Top SLACs balance for gender too but they have 40% athletes so off the top 40% of males are likely less bright than the average student.
Or aim for the top-smarts publics: UCB, Michigan, UVA. Sheer numbers will lead to plenty of males, even if it is 58/42 female/male

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Anonymous wrote: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.

When you spend the past 5 to 10 years telling young men they don't matter, are unwanted and that their voices need to silent, this is the natural outcome

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Anonymous wrote: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.

The young women are the undateable ones.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

He was a wonderful role model for young men.

-Quit smoking pot
-stop watching porn
-quit wasting time on video games
-put your families first
-Go to church
-Prioritize being a good husband
-take care of yourself

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Exactly this.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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, ...

Most of those tolerate models are awful role models.

Shapiro, Obama and Miranda being the exceptions

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Anonymous wrote:This is a known issue. Much talked about. I have both a boy and girl. There are a lot less boys with their shit together in high school, especially since freshman year. And many cultural factors at play which have been widely discussed in media.

For all of our daughters, we should care about this. You can call it DEI or generally have a who cares about figuring out what is going on with men take. And also, who is your daughter going to date. Most college-educated women want to have a family with a college-educated male. The ratios are not on their side in the aggregate.

Young adult women from this area don't want families.

They express this reqularly to the young men they are friends with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a known issue. Much talked about. I have both a boy and girl. There are a lot less boys with their shit together in high school, especially since freshman year. And many cultural factors at play which have been widely discussed in media.

For all of our daughters, we should care about this. You can call it DEI or generally have a who cares about figuring out what is going on with men take. And also, who is your daughter going to date. Most college-educated women want to have a family with a college-educated male. The ratios are not on their side in the aggregate.

Young adult women from this area don't want families.

They express this reqularly to the young men they are friends with.

Or husbands.

Most of the young women hate the idea of children and marriage.

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed that most public flagships have a more even split. Gender imbalance also varies by major. I've read that girls mature earlier and just 'do school' better at this age. But I have a daughter and 2 older boys from a previous marriage. I notice a big difference today in terms of program opportunities for girls vs boys. Across the board from leadership to stem. So many free things for my daughter to join and enhance her skills and resume...and not much for boys. Just my observation.

I would agree

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is bleak.

We reap what we sow.