Men falling behind women
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Topdawg13New MemberOP
Where did all the men go?
Once the vast majority, they now make up just over 40 percent of the nation's college students.
And it’s not just college.
Women dominate high school honor rolls and make up more than 70 percent of class valedictorians.
And where are the men going?
Experts used to explain away the college gender imbalance by noting that men had plenty of high-paying job opportunities to them in manufacturing and construction, but then came the last recession.
The numbers are staggering: 78 percent of the jobs lost since 2007 were held by men, leaving one out of every five working age men out of work.
“I don't think the old jobs for men are coming back,” said child and family psychologist Michael Thompson, author of the book “Raising Cain.” “And that means that we have figure out how to make school a place where we can make boys ready for the jobs that are going to be there for them. And that's going to take a different kind of education than what we've been doing.”
In the last 10 years, 2 million more women than men graduated from college in the United States. That’s an achievement gap that is having profound consequences on the economy.
Among the fastest-growing jobs of the next decade, only two, janitorial work and computer engineering, are expected to be dominated by men.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
--Edmund Burke
jason8erluxury_boxI know a ton of women right now, who have returned to school. They did it in hopes of getting a better paying job to help pay their families bills. Most are studing for what they view are "recession proof" jobs.
If I know this many women doing it, then it must be pretty common nationwide.
MikeHonchosubscriberJust know that behind every great woman, there's (at least) one man behind her... checking her out.
Headcoach material wouldn’t want to work somewhere they’re not trusted with actual football decisions.
maynardNew Memberimo, the K-12 system favors girls. if we are going to be honest with ourselves, men are more disposed to working with their hands. they are more likely to be more disruptive and boisterous in class at all ages. this isnt good for the rigid classroom setting. and the ones that are overly active are told that they have a disorder and put on meds. is it really a surprise that boys are more "predisposed" to having ADHD? my opinion is that this is just boys being boys in most cases
by contrast, imo, girls by their nature are much more likely to sit quietly, follow direction and do homework in the current classroom setting.
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MikeHonchosubscriber"maynard wrote:
imo, the K-12 system favors girls. if we are going to be honest with ourselves, men are more disposed to working with their hands. they are more likely to be more disruptive and boisterous in class at all ages. this isnt good for the rigid classroom setting. and the ones that are overly active are told that they have a disorder and put on meds. is it really a surprise that boys are more "predisposed" to having ADHD? my opinion is that this is just boys being boys in most cases
by contrast, imo, girls by their nature are much more likely to sit quietly, follow direction and do homework in the current classroom setting.
OT: I'm still waiting on the day the ADHD sham is exposed so parents stop seriously messing up their kids with these drugs.
Headcoach material wouldn’t want to work somewhere they’re not trusted with actual football decisions.
I know few read this thread but maybe someone here can give me an opinion on a work related issue that i haven't heard from people closer to the situation.The basic question is if a former problem employee was eventually fired and no longer works for the business do should we just be happy we no longer have to deal with him and move on?
(Update) i want to come back and edit this saying we have moved on and no one cars about him anymore its so much better of a place to work now
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