Where are all the guys on campus? (the elite left's sexism in action!)

EDMONTON JOURNAL (Canada) ^ | Fri 01 Apr 2005 | Lorne Gunter

[BikerNYC]

Classes that men enjoy, like firefighting, high angle rescue, etc., fill up quickly...

Do you go to a firefighter's academy? How about a foreign language class, calculus, physics, history, art, accounting, English, classical music, or ancient greek philosophy? Men should and do like these classes.

[Celtic Rose]

But think of all those poor college women (like me), who already have to search through the drunkards and players, and try to find a decent guy.

[longtermmemmory]

Woman hits man, woman yells at man, woman throws objects hitting man. Man does nothing but try and run away.

Neighbor calls police.

Police arrest man.

[longtermmemmory]

I think part of the story that is not told is how in the low end schools, which are mostly vocational oriented. Women overpoplation is skewing the numbers for all university education.

[GMMAC]

"Do many of the schools in Canuckistan feature 'affirmitive action' for women? Is gender a consideration in application?"

As far as I know they all do.
Still, while institutionalized "reverse" sexism (and racism) are likely a tiny bit further along in Kanuckistan than they are stateside, if I had a buck for every time I've used the words "Canada" and "cautionary example" in a FR post ....

BTW, my favorite "women's" site: ifeminists.com

"Testify sisters!"

[Little Bill]

I was going to send my daughter to St. Thomas or St. Johns in Canukistan, both of which were very good schools, they wanted to be paid in Yankee Dollars, a 30% premium at the time. So I sent her to UA, Roll Tide.

[ViLaLuz]

[ViLaLuz]

[ViLaLuz]

[lillybet]

Hysterical What can I say, your on top of your Game.

[ken21]

3 things account for this:

1. radical feminism in public schools have resulted in many men not wanting more of the same in universities. blue collar jobs offer freedom from bureaucracy.

2. many trades now offer excellent pay: a. baby boomers are retiring. b. the preference for college educations of the last several decades led to shortages of labor.

3. the cost of college educations may not justify the expenses of money and the years spent to get the degrees.

many colleges reduced tenured faculties' teaching loads from 3 to 2 courses per term. meanwhile, the taxpayers who support public schools by means of their taxes increased their productivity, and have no tenure.

tenured faculty average about $100,000 per year -- not bad for 9 months' work with lots of vacations through the year.

[somniferum]

One interesting thing is how some majors are still almost exclusively male. In my anectdotal experience, the College of Business at my school is slightly majority male. However, within that, you have some majors like mine (MIS) which is almost exclusively male, while a major like Marketing seems to attract a majority female. Other majors like Accounting or Finance seem to be about 50/50.

This is true of other colleges as well. The College of Education is heavily majority female. The inverse is true of the College of Engineering. Just some random observations..

[rasblue]

Ever been to an Engineer School lately? Still 80%+ men. I guess the average salary of $102,000 a year doesn't interest women as it does men.