"scarce" resources, college and sexism

[rm]

And then there's this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/23britz.html

It's the sort of thing that makes it hard for me to imagine any world in which women, at least as a group, don't always lose.

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Comments

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

O_O.

Looks like I got lucky, in that that assumption didn't seem to hold true where I went. People would expect people to hook up with other coeds (it made for abundant fodder for the student-run bog rag), but hoping for wedding bells as a result would be highly unusual. Maybe it's an American thing?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Not only is it an American thing, I would argue it may even be a New England thing, because I hear it around here all the time.

[graene.livejournal.com]

I heard it in Chicago, and er, Hello Mormons! boys return from missions, buy a ring and enroll at BYU according to friend who was there.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, but that's a whole different culture in terms of the dating to marriage time-line.

[graene.livejournal.com]

True, but it's still rigorous (they claim) admissions in order to find a spouse, just on both genders.