This is a new phenomena in the US as well. While good for the men on campus, long term i wonder what this means? Why are men not going to college?
They won't tolerate the feminization of education. My son refused to go ( and he is making more than most of his college educated peers).
Back when I was in school, it was known as the "buck/doe ratio". I don't remember it being that much different in the late '80s.
Lot's of young men either join the military or enter the work force after high school. College campuses can be less than inviting to hardcore blue collar males.
Goodness, this sure makes me miss college!!
Men have completely won the battle of the sexes. We now take an easy job, while our wives take a stressful and demanding career.
But they also have to bear the children and look after them.. and cook and clean for us. ---Life is good!
My campus is roughly 68% female. Classes have been feminized, and most men don't want to be there. It's as simple as that. Classes that men enjoy, like firefighting, high angle rescue, etc., fill up quickly, but feminists and ultra-liberals control much of academia. Men don't want to hang around a bunch of aging Gloria Stienhams and Alan Aldas.
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.
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..
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.