"scarce" resources, college and sexism

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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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[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

Yes.
I suspect one high female-to-male ratios turn students off is perception -- they all have ingrained privilege telling them that it's not a hard school, so not as good a school, if a lot of girls get in.

Thing is, though, if gender stopped being an issue for admissions, that perception would change pretty quickly.

So this is basically going "There's this problem, it's stopping us from admitting female students" without acknowledging that it's a problem that they are helping to perpetuate.

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

er...
Lost a word.

I meant, "I suspect one reason high female-to-male ratios turn students off..."