Post ArAIOXKc563tJmB3MO by sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #AqJVLMNuLvXI8MCX68 by temptoetiam@eldritch.cafe
       2025-01-21T16:04:28Z
       
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       "For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied. One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition!"    “There’s a cliff you fall off once you become 60/40 female/male. It then becomes exponentially more difficult to recruit men.”https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-dont-go-to-collegevia pzmyers
       
 (DIR) Post #ArAIOXKc563tJmB3MO by sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe
       2025-01-21T18:10:58Z
       
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       @bennomatic @temptoetiam @futurebird Think about it: Most religions enforce gender roles. Media and popular culture glorify gender norms. Male gender roles teach female domination, so is it any wonder, if not taught any better, that men find it hard to treat women as equal, as peers, or are willing to accept them as superiors? College with "too many women" stops being a place where "a man" (pejorative) can find brainy marriage prospects (to answer your question) that can make a man's life more equitable—and instead becomes intimidating. Just as a room of mostly women is comfortable for a woman compared to one full of men, the opposite is very true. Sadly. And what  can we attribute that fear to? Teaching gender roles instead of each person is A Person exactly the same as you regardless of strength or sex. This is why I am an author. I try to depict worlds that aren't scary because of gender because that isn't necessary to be fully human. There is so much more than being human than being brutish in this way. #BoostingIsSharing#EngenderedWriting  #Gender #Fiction #Education #GenderRoles #Author #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity
       
 (DIR) Post #ArAIOYL0L7y8RHMsbo by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-02-16T04:37:13Z
       
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       @sfwrtr > I try to depict worlds that aren't scary because of gender because that isn't necessary to be fully humanOne of my favourite examples of this is The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin.@bennomatic @temptoetiam @futurebird