Huge Gender Degree Gap at Ages 22-23: National Crisis, Title IX, Government Funding? Probably Not

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2011-02-13 05:28

Article here. Excerpt:

'Now that's a huge gender disparity in college completion at ages 22 and 23, but I predict:

1. This gender degree gap will receive almost no media attention, and certainly no attention from the gender activists, who demonstrate a selective concern for only those gender imbalances that favor men.

2. There will be no calls for government studies, or increased government funding to address the problem, and nobody will refer to this persistent gender degree gap as a "crisis."

3. President Obama will not address the issue by signing an Executive Order creating the "White House Council on Men and Boys," like he did for women and girls.

4. Neither Obama nor Congress will address the gender degree gap by invoking the Title IX gender-equity law, like they have considered using for the gender gap in some college math and science programs.

5. Nobody will blame the gender degree gap on structural barriers from grades K-12 that discourage men from attending or graduating from college, like they do for explaining the gender gap for women in math and science.'

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1: Not just ignore it, perpetuate it. Status of women Canada is funding more women into the math's sciences too. http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/med/spe-dis/2010/1115-eng.html

2: By who? no minister for men exist. Only Germany, from my knowledge, even has a department for men/boys... but they are looking into the issue. too bad I live in Canada.

3-5: same goes in Canada I suspect, though Obama is certainly more feminized then most.

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Submitted by Kratch on Mon, 2011-02-14 02:20

if the percentage of men attending college stays in freefall,

we will at some time fairly soon, probably around the 90/10 ratio, have

as many women in the sciences as men. unless of course,

the government steps in and just hands out degrees, which is

about where we are now with affirmative action.

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Submitted by daveinga on Mon, 2011-02-14 03:53

In general a gender gap does not imply discrimination but this one clearly does. We owe boys an education and if we are not developing them then we are discriminating and flat out damaging them. We owe them an education and the opportunities that come with that (along with more generalized benefits) then they can choose what to do with that education later on. Obviously boys aren't choosing to fail, we are failing horribly as a society.

Allowing boys to fail is very inhuman (there is no place or system of support for them) and bad for society.

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Submitted by fondueguy on Mon, 2011-02-14 15:58

One reason families favored giving boys more education than girls in the past was because men had the social responsibility of supporting families, which meant everyone involved benefitted--men, women, and children. Parents benefitted because sons would traditionally support them in their old age, whereas women would not.

Women have accepted none of the responsibilities and obligations that have usually gone with the breadwinner role. This does not bode well for society in the long run, as we will continue to splinter into women and children vs dad/men. Men will receive no benefits from this arrangement, so the gov't will use even more force to convince men to support women and children. Men will either give in or revolt. It could make for interesting times.

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Submitted by el cid on Mon, 2011-02-14 16:40