Why men don't go to college anymore...
May. 3rd, 2025 12:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
milktreeThis is a fascinating article:
https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-dont-go-to-college
I believe it, and it makes sense (given the inside-out-bonkers country we're in now) but it felt like reading about some other place because it didn't match my experience/memory at all.
tl;dr: men aren't going to college because fragile masculinity.
When I was looking at colleges in high school, the M:F ratio was absolutely a consideration, but for very different reasons: More women than men meant it was more likely that you (I) could find someone I liked who liked me back and there could be smooching.
I didn't finish college because I was not a great student, not because I didn't want to be there.
https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-dont-go-to-college
I believe it, and it makes sense (given the inside-out-bonkers country we're in now) but it felt like reading about some other place because it didn't match my experience/memory at all.
tl;dr: men aren't going to college because fragile masculinity.
When I was looking at colleges in high school, the M:F ratio was absolutely a consideration, but for very different reasons: More women than men meant it was more likely that you (I) could find someone I liked who liked me back and there could be smooching.
I didn't finish college because I was not a great student, not because I didn't want to be there.
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Date: 2025-05-03 07:13 pm (UTC)