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    "lucyaudley",
    "sixth-light",
    "paleo-violet",
    "van-del",
    "xcziel",
    "maaarine",
    "Why aren’t we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?",
    "@downwarddnaspiral",
    "lower funding success rates and researcher quality scores",
    "soft sciences",
    "see average pay drop as women enter"
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  "textContent": "lucyaudley:\n\n> sixth-light:\n>\n>> paleo-violet:\n>>\n>>> van-del:\n>>>\n>>>> xcziel:\n>>>>\n>>>>> maaarine:\n>>>>>\n>>>>>> # Why aren’t we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (Celeste Davis, Oct 6 2024)\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _“White flight is a term that describes how white people move out of neighborhoods when more people of color move in._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _White flight is especially common when minority populations become the majority. That neighborhood then declines in value._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _Take veterinary school for example:_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _In 1969 almost all veterinary students were male at 89%._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _By 1987, male enrollment was equal to female at 50%._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _By 2009, male enrollment in veterinary schools had plummeted to 22.4%_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _A sociologist studying gender in veterinary schools, Dr. Anne Lincoln says that in an attempt to describe this drastic drop in male enrollment, many keep pointing to financial reasons like the debt-to-income ratio or the high cost of schooling._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _But Lincoln’s research found that “men and women are equally affected by tuition and salaries.”_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>  _Her research shows that the reason fewer men are enrolling in veterinary school boils down to one factor: the number of women in the classroom._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition! (…)_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _Since males had dominated these professions for centuries, you would think they would leave slowly, hesitantly or maybe linger at 40%, 35%, 30%, but that’s not what happens._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _Once the tipping point reaches majority female- the men flee. And boy do they flee!_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _It’s a slippery slope. When the number of women hits 60% the men who are there make a swift exit and other men stop joining._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _Morty Schapiro, economist and former president of Northwestern University has noticed this trend when studying college enrollment numbers across universities:_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _“There’s a cliff you fall off once you become 60/40 female/male. It then becomes exponentially more difficult to recruit men.”_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>  _Now we’ve reached that 60% point of no return for colleges._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _As we’ve seen with teachers, nurses and interior design, once an institution is majority female, the public perception of its value plummets._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _Scanning through Reddit and Quora threads, many men seem to be in agreement - college is stupid and unnecessary._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _A waste of time and money. You’re much better off going into the trades, a tech boot camp or becoming an entrepreneur. No need for college. (…)_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _When mostly men went to college? Prestigious. Aspirational. Important._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _Now that mostly women go to college? Unnecessary. De-valued. A bad choice. (…)_\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _School is now feminine. College is feminine. And rule #1 if you want to safely navigate this world as a man? Avoid the feminine._\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> _But we don’t seem to want to talk about that.”_\n>>>>>\n>>>>> very good tags from @downwarddnaspiral\n>>>>\n>>>> literally saw this tweet this morning\n>>>\n>>> I saw a dude say with his whole chest that biology isn’t really STEM\n>>>\n>>> Take a wild fucking guess as to which major has the most female students\n>>\n>> Scientific disciplines with more women have lower funding success rates and researcher quality scores , are considered ‘soft sciences’, and see average pay drop as women enter. This is BECAUSE women do them, not a function of women mysteriously choosing lower-prestige, poorly-paid fields.\n>\n> I teach at a tech school and some bad news for men about the trades. We’re seeing a consistent increase of women enrolling in HVAC, Automotive, Electrical, Construction. Soon they’ll have nowhere else to go. They’ll have to claim that earning a living is feminine trait and then what’s the next step? Unemployment is the only true masculine choice? State benefits are for real men?",
  "title": "Why aren’t we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (Celeste Davis, Oct…"
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