Affirmative Action Is Still in Effect. For Men

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/magazine/men-college-enrollment.html

by DemiGuru • 3 years ago

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DemiGuru• 3 years ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20230908194700/https://www.nytim...

Bostonian• 3 years ago

One could argue that state schools should not do this. It should be noted that MIT and other tech schools boost women, and that there are a number of women's colleges that exclude men entirely.

Colleges with too high a ratio of females to males become less attractive to females.

bell-cot• 3 years ago

Reaction: What if a college degree didn't seem so essential to young women who want even halfway-decent jobs? The article notes that men in HS-is-good-enough jobs are very often paid considerably more than women in such jobs.

CraigRo• 3 years ago

Part of the goal for many students is to find a mate. That's hard if there are two girls for every guy, or the reverse.

Affirmative Action Is Still in Effect. For Men

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