rm | "scarce" resources, college and sexism

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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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.

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.

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

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