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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:04 AM Original message |
Women are dominating in higher education and will continue to do so, experts say. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. They'll RULE the WORLD!!! .... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. so you put a picture up of a woman with legs spread.... lol |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. That's a bit of a reach. It's a bad movie about women who want to take over the world. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. a bet tongue in cheek |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. . |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. She just has a wide stance |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Who/what are you referring to? |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Referring to your advertisement picture in post 1 |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Ironically: |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Who the HELL is unrecc'ing this thread?? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. tiny little men with tiny little |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. So, inequality is .... good? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Dominating"? Does that just mean that there are more women than men graduating? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. agreed to both points. nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Women are 50% more likely to go to college than men. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. Not our fault that male culture promotes the idea that education is for "sissies" |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Education isn't a male culture. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. So start your own grant program. Seriously. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Good point. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
78. If this came down the other way, you'd easily identify institutionalized sexism. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
96. It's not feminism's responsibility to solve men's problems. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. It would be helpful if feminism could be internally consistent, though. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Consistent with what? Your idea of what it should be? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. No--advocacy for "equality". My statement wasn't ambiguous in any way. nt |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #97 |
126. I'm a feminist and I don't give a fuck all about revenge. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #78 |
108. I identify a generation of young men on Xbox all day instead of being made to study. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Women run education for the benefit of girls? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. So... males perform 33% better than girls on the math SAT... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
105. So what are the teachers doing that is making boys perform at a lower level? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #105 |
112. Yet you have no difficulty contemplating a patriarchal system. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #105 |
128. Teachers are |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. Maybe your wife was thinking that if one of those kids got hurt at the party you all would be liable |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. +10,000 |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
80. Upwards of 90% of my teachers at all level have been women. nt |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #80 |
106. And? What does that prove? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
76. "Women run education for the benefit of girls"? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
104. What are some specific ways that women run education for the benefit of girls, as you allege? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. It's hard to quantify when no one cares. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #109 |
117. Zero tolerance policies are stupid as hell but plenty of girls get punished by them too. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. "It just is" |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
116. aren't there important differences |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. Yes, but I would think they're both problems... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. Women just learn to focus at an earlier age. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. IMHO there are borader cultural factors at work |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Maybe males have better paying jobs out of high-school |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. The only reason that jobs requiring equal skill are paid differently |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Coal Mining pays well? We don't women doing dangerous or "shitty" jobs? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Aside from a missing verb, that's what I said. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. Go teach preschool for four hours.... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Why is the worst job in the world, "a calling"? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Calling it a "calling" is an excuse to pay you shit for it. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Wages are set by supply and demand. Not by "desert". nt |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Not in child care. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. The pay is what it is because LOTS of people go to school to become teachers. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. See post 85. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #86 |
101. They make as much as people are willing to pay them. And as much as they're willing to accept. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #101 |
115. But if men leave a profession in droves once women start entering it |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #77 |
107. Your second point |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. Yeah, like playing Xbox all day while their sisters do homework and help around the house. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #114 |
121. You've pushed that bigoted stereotype ad-nauseum. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Nope, there's nothing wrong with the boys. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Sure there is, but it's nothing that your stereotyping is going to cure. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #107 |
118. Preschools don't close in the summer. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. You can poll the teachers here, if you still doubt it. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #122 |
129. It's interesting because when I taught public school for 10 years, we were shown statistics |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #129 |
138. Not sure who you're arguing with. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. The most dangerous job is convenience or liquor store clerk. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. we have a different concept of dangerous |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. maybe those men do those jobs because they are too stupid to know how |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #70 |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Yes we do. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. 93% of workplace fatalities are men |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. You said "shitty". |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Try cleaning out a sewage digester. n/t |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. There are many, many, many more butt wipers than sewage cleaners. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Right back at you. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. What do you mean, "Right back at me"? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I'm also not interested in pitting working class jobs against each other. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. "people take dangerous jobs because they are willing to accept the risk." |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #95 |
111. People take low wage jobs because the alternative is starvation. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #111 |
131. Your theory that women have to do better- any data to support that? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. Sure thing. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
60. Girls aren't allowed to be slackers. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Nail on the head. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #69 |
94. "unplug the goddamn PS3 and put a book in his hands" Bingo! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. Mark Perry="experts"? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. How many of those degrees are from "Ross Medical College" and similar strip-mall type affairs? |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Anecdotal, but my 13 years of experience in "real" higher ed is consistent with the report |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. OK. But if "Dental Assistant College" is being counted, why isn't "Heating and Cooling College"? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Ross Medical School is a...medical school that trains doctors to be licensed in the U.S. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The one on late nite (sic) TV trains "medical assistants" in under a year... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Ah, my mistake. Different Ross. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
119. They do, its clear on any campus |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. In my graduate program there are about 25 of us, 4 are men. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. good |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. So let's make them stupider. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. The allusion was to a Michael Moore book |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Edit: post was moderated, point has been made. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. So have women.... |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
110. with women in charge, it would still be a mess |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. Awesome. Now they can set about the task of ensuring we are paid less for it |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
20. But GET THIS: |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Maybe being a partner in a big traditional law firm simply isn't worth it? |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. kick |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. To be honest, big law is unfair to most people entering it |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I think "big law" is stupid goal. Who needs it? |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
92. Again, |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. It was fairly clear to what you referred. What's gained by playing coy? |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I used to do filing in my undergrad's administrative offices. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
91. I'd be interested to know the time-frame? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Just because they don't perform as well as you might expect in the professional |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
90. Wait a sec -- |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. Veterinary school classes are now 78% women. Until the Class of 1980, |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
65. I hear that men are concentrated in the large animal care (horses and such). Had no |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. Rut-roh...bad news for Freepers! |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. You know the main reason... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's hard to really appraise this without more data. |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. judging by my son's own academic performance... I believe it. nt |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. One academic suggest eliminating boys 10th grade grades... boy's gpas |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
102. Yeah, if you don't like the rules, change the rules! |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well , whatever is Happening is not reaching Engineering ... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. This happens roughly at the same time the RW starts pushing the "being educated is bad" meme. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I think you're confusing cause and effect. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You'll notice I didn't imply which is the cause of which. Or if both have a common cause. -nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Then I agree. n/t |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
53. No wonder educating women has been such an issue thoughout history |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. when the playing field is level, we outplay them. they don't like that. n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
82. Our culture, especially our pop culture, tells boys that reading, studying, and |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #82 |
103. How many of us have learned THAT lesson! |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
113. Despite this, women still earn less than men doing the same jobs n/t |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #113 |
120. Actually that is not nearly as true as some people think |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
123. when I was growing up, I felt like the important message that was pushed on me from all corners was: |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
125. This is why we should all be in favor of affirmative action |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #125 |
130. Agree in theory, but |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #130 |
137. Not really. But they do tend to have double standards |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
136. Because males are taking the Technical college route, to go straight to computer $$, skip the LArts |
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