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by Anonymous User on Monday February 19, @04:48PM EST (#1)
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In one sense I think that the situation of having many more females in college than males is hillarious. Maybe I'm unique, ugly, or just a nerd, but I always had difficultly attracting women in college (I'm 28) and felt that they always had more power and leverage than I did.
But now the market has turned and there will be a huge scarcity of available college men relative to an oversupply of available college women.
What will these women do? Of course they'll try to date older, college-educated men, but if the numbers of such available men are insufficient, then what?
These women might have to date down and date non-college educated men--just like many college aged men had to date non-student/non-college educated women.
Can these women who've always been on a high horse and in such demand in high school bring themselves to lower their standards in such a demeaning fashion and actually date men who aren't going to college? Can they date down? We'll soon find out.
I think I was born 8 years too early and I find this situation to be hillarious.
Note, however, that the blurb didn't mention the exact demographics. I read a different article that said that white women and men are attending college in equal numbers (I suspect this holds true for Asian-Americans as well) and that the disparity is in the minority groups (where, presumably, there must be a huge disparity in order to affect the total numbers). Of course, for white men who don't mind dating outside of their race (I certainly wouldn't) it could be a good time. This also means that the white women won't be subject to a white male shortage unless a lot of the white male students start interracial dating (unlikely).
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Frank H. also sent this to me, which I felt is also of interest to readers:
The article identified above, which I recently submitted to the Mensactivism.org site, contains a quote by Mr.Clifford Adelman, senior research analyst with the U.S. Education Department ("Boys like to strut and make claims and tell everyone they are going to do something and then they don't do it") which I regard as sexist and insulting to men. Perhaps you agree. In the interest of making Mr Adelman's life just a little less comfortable, I am going to call the Office of the Secretary of Education and inquire as to the source of the data upon which Adelman bases his comment and press for an apology. I fully expect to be dismissed, however, I feel it's worth the cost of the call. If you or anyone you know might also like to inquire, then the phone number for the Office of the Secretary of Education is 202-401-3000. They're closed today (Monday) as it is a holiday. I also left a message with the education person at Congressman Chris Smith's office (my congressman) and I would suggest that everyone who's so inclined do the same with their congressman.
Frank H.
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