Head To Head: Is there a feminist issue in college enrollment? Obviously.

Article here. Excerpt:

'The gender enrollment gap is not a problem that only faces Transylvania University, but instead, it is a nationwide problem. Roughly 58% of the students enrolled in college in the United States are female. Is this an issue that should concern feminists? A feminist issue is an issue that concerns feminists ideologically; what then is the ideology of feminism?

The most agreed upon definition of feminism is “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” Due to the universal and egalitarian nature of feminism’s goals, feminists have often involved themselves in other movements, such as the anti-slavery movement over one hundred years ago and the LGBT rights movement of today. For the very same reasons that slavery and LGBT rights became feminist issues, the gender gap in college enrollment should be a feminist issue as well. This is especially true considering this inequality is gendered, and feminists tend to focus on problems concerning the opportunities afforded to men and women.

Given that the seemingly appropriate response from the feminist perspective is to be concerned with the inequality posed by the disproportionate number of women that go to college and receive a higher level education, it is worth noting that this is not a topic feminists discuss often if at all. This points to a key problem within the modern third-wave feminist movement. It shows very little concern for true equality and instead picks and chooses what groups they will concern themselves with and the groups that they won’t.'