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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding?

OP, my son is currently at a school that is about 58%-42% F to M.

He promptly found himself a girlfriend.

Guy friends are great and are all having a ball. They know they'll never have it this good numbers-wise again in their lives.

Colleges are F:M 60:40, why do you assume things will change dramatically after college?

Given how males and females choose their partners, it will be difficult for educated females and less educated males, it’s a numbers game.

Or the norms will have to change for example women will have to be happy with a spouse that is less educated or earns less money, or share a partner with another woman.

DP. Not all schools are heavily female. Most SLACS and smaller schools are, but not many larger universities. Better balance there.

It’s 58:42 for college enrollment and if you account for the graduation rates it’s 60:40 for bachelor degrees on average over the entire population, not just SLACS.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/women-continue-to-outpace-men-in-college-enrollment-and-graduation/

A college graduate female looking for a partner with similar background is facing stiff competition, both in college and after graduation. You just can’t match 9 million females with 6 million males. The future of marriage, relationships and family will be very different for the next generations.

You are assuming all of these graduates will remain in the U.S.

That won't be a given for future generations considering that the U.S. will be losing its superiority in research and high tech industry. They will have to travel

My husband went to a school that was 2/3 female, and he said that a lot of the men there developed inflated views of their own desirability/worth, and treated women pretty poorly, simply because they could.

JMU is 58%-42% female to male, but my son's major (accounting) is 2:3 ratio of girls to boys (I assume that's just 3rd and 4th year students). He is really happy socially and academically.

Anonymous wrote:it's important for DS to have enough guys at the school for him to make male friends too, he's not just focused on a girlfriend or hook-ups.

I think a 55-45 or 50-50 school would be ideal, but those are few to come by in LACs tend to skew female.

Never heard dudes complaining there’s not enough guys in college to make friends. It’s more of a mom concern.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding?

OP, my son is currently at a school that is about 58%-42% F to M.

He promptly found himself a girlfriend.

Guy friends are great and are all having a ball. They know they'll never have it this good numbers-wise again in their lives.

Colleges are F:M 60:40, why do you assume things will change dramatically after college?

Given how males and females choose their partners, it will be difficult for educated females and less educated males, it’s a numbers game.

Or the norms will have to change for example women will have to be happy with a spouse that is less educated or earns less money, or share a partner with another woman.

DP. Not all schools are heavily female. Most SLACS and smaller schools are, but not many larger universities. Better balance there.

It’s 58:42 for college enrollment and if you account for the graduation rates it’s 60:40 for bachelor degrees on average over the entire population, not just SLACS.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/women-continue-to-outpace-men-in-college-enrollment-and-graduation/

A college graduate female looking for a partner with similar background is facing stiff competition, both in college and after graduation. You just can’t match 9 million females with 6 million males. The future of marriage, relationships and family will be very different for the next generations.

Not having a bachelor's degree doesn't automatically take someone out of the marriage market. People aren't that shallow.

It actually does for many women, although income can mitigate that. That’s why the marriage rates among the low income, no BA women are the lowest they’ve been.

It’s easy to find statistics showing that between being single and marrying someone without the desired combination of education and income, women prefer the former, ie rather be single than date a loser.

It’s not about being shallow it’s about the resources needed to start a family. Not saying it’s a good thing or universally true, but that’s how things skew.

it's important for DS to have enough guys at the school for him to make male friends too, he's not just focused on a girlfriend or hook-ups.

I think a 55-45 or 50-50 school would be ideal, but those are few to come by in LACs tend to skew female.

DD is a lesbian. Love her 70F/30M LAC and dated extensively before settling with current classmate girlfriend

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding?

OP, my son is currently at a school that is about 58%-42% F to M.

He promptly found himself a girlfriend.

Guy friends are great and are all having a ball. They know they'll never have it this good numbers-wise again in their lives.

Colleges are F:M 60:40, why do you assume things will change dramatically after college?

Given how males and females choose their partners, it will be difficult for educated females and less educated males, it’s a numbers game.

Or the norms will have to change for example women will have to be happy with a spouse that is less educated or earns less money, or share a partner with another woman.

DP. Not all schools are heavily female. Most SLACS and smaller schools are, but not many larger universities. Better balance there.

It’s 58:42 for college enrollment and if you account for the graduation rates it’s 60:40 for bachelor degrees on average over the entire population, not just SLACS.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/women-continue-to-outpace-men-in-college-enrollment-and-graduation/

A college graduate female looking for a partner with similar background is facing stiff competition, both in college and after graduation. You just can’t match 9 million females with 6 million males. The future of marriage, relationships and family will be very different for the next generations.

Not having a bachelor's degree doesn't automatically take someone out of the marriage market. People aren't that shallow.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding?

OP, my son is currently at a school that is about 58%-42% F to M.

He promptly found himself a girlfriend.

Guy friends are great and are all having a ball. They know they'll never have it this good numbers-wise again in their lives.

Colleges are F:M 60:40, why do you assume things will change dramatically after college?

Given how males and females choose their partners, it will be difficult for educated females and less educated males, it’s a numbers game.

Or the norms will have to change for example women will have to be happy with a spouse that is less educated or earns less money, or share a partner with another woman.

DP. Not all schools are heavily female. Most SLACS and smaller schools are, but not many larger universities. Better balance there.

It’s 58:42 for college enrollment and if you account for the graduation rates it’s 60:40 for bachelor degrees on average over the entire population, not just SLACS.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/women-continue-to-outpace-men-in-college-enrollment-and-graduation/

A college graduate female looking for a partner with similar background is facing stiff competition, both in college and after graduation. You just can’t match 9 million females with 6 million males. The future of marriage, relationships and family will be very different for the next generations.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding?

OP, my son is currently at a school that is about 58%-42% F to M.

He promptly found himself a girlfriend.

Guy friends are great and are all having a ball. They know they'll never have it this good numbers-wise again in their lives.

Colleges are F:M 60:40, why do you assume things will change dramatically after college?

Given how males and females choose their partners, it will be difficult for educated females and less educated males, it’s a numbers game.

Or the norms will have to change for example women will have to be happy with a spouse that is less educated or earns less money, or share a partner with another woman.

DP. Not all schools are heavily female. Most SLACS and smaller schools are, but not many larger universities. Better balance there.

I'm a male student at a 55/45 school. I wish I was experiencing what these guys were 😢

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding?

OP, my son is currently at a school that is about 58%-42% F to M.

He promptly found himself a girlfriend.

Guy friends are great and are all having a ball. They know they'll never have it this good numbers-wise again in their lives.

Colleges are F:M 60:40, why do you assume things will change dramatically after college?

Given how males and females choose their partners, it will be difficult for educated females and less educated males, it’s a numbers game.

Or the norms will have to change for example women will have to be happy with a spouse that is less educated or earns less money, or share a partner with another woman.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is like hitting as jackpot….very well

Eww. This thread is making me realize to encourage my DD not to look at schools that are majority female.

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My daughter attends a school that has slightly more men than women. She feels it's far better balanced than other schools where the vast majority of students are female.

Why?

She simply had no desire to go to an all-women's school or a school with a huge majority of women.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is like hitting as jackpot….very well

Eww. This thread is making me realize to encourage my DD not to look at schools that are majority female.

+1
My daughter attends a school that has slightly more men than women. She feels it's far better balanced than other schools where the vast majority of students are female.

Why?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is like hitting as jackpot….very well

Eww. This thread is making me realize to encourage my DD not to look at schools that are majority female.

+1
My daughter attends a school that has slightly more men than women. She feels it's far better balanced than other schools where the vast majority of students are female.