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You actually have it backwards with colleges: women apply, and meet the necessary academic standards, at a much higher rate than men. To prevent their ratios from getting completely out of whack it’s actually easier to get accepted as a man (assuming equal scorings)

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> women apply, and meet the necessary academic standards, at a much higher rate than men

This is the more interesting observation. Why is it that boys are struggling in school? Why are we not doing anything about it?

Not a particularly relevant question if we're eschewing DEI and just letting the chips fall as they may / operating in a meritocracy.

I am feeling too lazy to reread my comment very carefully but I don't think I said anything about college admissions. And where are the college scholarships and events promoting admission of men? Straight white men are the only group excluded by every DEI program (and don't tell me you don't see it). And, men are increasingly seeing that generic degrees are becoming overpriced (especially given discrimination in the job market against men). Women on the other hand are favored in many fields, including so-called male-dominated fields. Nobody EVER encouraged me or anyone I know to study or work anywhere based on my gender or race but this happens to women and minorities on the regular. Furthermore men report they are being pushed out for being white and straight. So go push your female superiority narrative somewhere else, I'm not having it.

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