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It is only a problem if there's something about the admissions process that discriminates against girls. You know how, in the past, there were questions on IQ tests about items like gems, farming, authors,  conductors,  etc... that the average disadvantaged black person was never exposed to in their lifetime, so it was discriminatory.  It was not testing reasoning ability, it was testing cultural knowledge based on exposure. Culturally-biased questions like that have since been removed from these tests. So the question should be "are there any admissions components that discriminate against girls? "  If not, then there is nothing wrong with the male-female ratio at TJ. I say this as a female.  [/quote]

People on this forum have said that their girls were actively discouraged from applying to TJ by sexist middle school teachers.  Also, if the math or science teachers are biased, the girls get much more lackluster recommendation letters than the boys.  I'd love to see how the test scores compare for boys vs. girls.

The male-female ratio at TJ is a problem for the same reason that lopsided male-female ratios are a problem at any college.  Weird social dynamics happen when kids are dating aged, and there's a gender imbalance.  [/quote]

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