Yes, Patriarchy Is Dead; the Feminists Prove It

[thucythucy]

43. Glad to hear it. I also had a wonderful holiday.

I want to get back to a point you raised, which I think is an important one to consider in terms of this whole discussion.

You asserted earlier that the fact that the proportion of women in college is greater than the proportion of men was indicative of some sort of crisis, and evidence, apparently, that men are being in some way oppressed or disvalued or what have you. You posted a link which you thought, evidently, would support this assertion.

I read the article at the link, and what I found was that, yes indeed, the proportion of women attending college was greater than the proportion of men. BUT, the same link shows that the proportion of men in college is about the same as it was in the 1960s, and that after a dip in the '80s it has now levelled off to roughly the same level as decades past. This varies within demographics--the gap in proportion is greater among African Americans than whites, and within the Asian American community the proportion of men attending college is still greater than the proportion of women.

By contrast, the proportion of women attending college has indeed grown greatly, which, given how low it was in the 60s and earlier, can to my mind only be a good thing.

You never responded to this. Why do you see an increase in the proportion of women attending college as a problem for men, when the proportion of men attending college, according to the link you posted, is roughly the same as it was in the late '60s early '70s?

In other words, if men aren't losing ground in this instance, according to your own link, why do you think it's a bad thing that women are gaining ground?