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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Wait, so when women are under-represented in STEM and other fields, we see a concerted effort by schools, the media, and parents to encourage girls to go into STEM at school and then pursue careers in the field. Public awareness campaigns, targets, special programs. But when boys are under-represented in higher education altogether, well they just need to try harder.
Seriously? Do you have to be a filthy MRA to recognize the hypocrisy and double-standard going on there?
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Come on Cliff, they aren't the same thing. Not even close. One is a recruiting effort to attract more diversity in a program and industry while the other is a complete failure by a segment to even apply. I would agree with you if male students were being rejected in favor of female students, but that isn't happening. If demand for a class is such, extra sections will be added. I'm not sure what it is like in Canada, but in the States colleges/universities are not turning away business in any shape or form. What is happening is males are just not enrolling to attend school. Recruiting efforts are happening, and both genders are being offered opportunity, it's just the females are following through and males are not. No action is taken by the school to preclude a male student, the males are doing it themselves by not even enrolling.