The war on men

Jonathan_Taylor · 2014-11-05T22:27:02+00:00

That's extrapolated in a rather odd way. I think the graph is just fine without carrying it out 10 years. It's an issue right now in 2014

ILoveHate · 2014-11-06T02:35:42+00:00

Doesn't matter. It's all about successful women and lazy men, right up until the whole student loan issue arises and we'll find that there's 50% or more women affected by student loan debt than men. They'll call it crippling, they'll say it's a real issue affecting people and the government will need to do something to help them out, etc.

I know a few women getting degrees for the sake of getting degrees. They work shitty jobs while going to school and getting one degree after the next. I don't even know why. If you don't know why you're getting a degree, or a masters degree other than "it'll help me get a good job" you should probably think twice.

RememberWind · 2014-11-06T05:23:51+00:00

And then they can't do anything with those degrees except work in higher education, which they don't mind at all because college is quickly becoming a place almost exclusively for women.

axsis · 2014-11-06T09:13:37+00:00

I've seen a feminist disagree with this kind of graph before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt4yNdtrq2A#t=48 (not feminist related but I imagine the argument would be similar).

yum122 · 2014-11-06T13:21:09+00:00

That graph is perfectly symmetrical, I smell bs

DeltaForcePanda · 2014-11-06T00:27:13+00:00

I don't like how this is titled "the war on men" It's rather propaganda-ish. Not required here.

eletheros · 2014-11-05T22:50:43+00:00

And yet still receiving preferential treatment at admissions.

drascus · 2014-11-06T12:55:08+00:00

so wait the peak of equal gender rights was 1980?

farkface · 2014-11-06T01:47:54+00:00

Part of it might be that a lot of women get useless gender studies and liberal arts degrees that you can't do anything with a Bachelors in so they have to go back to grad school for any chance of meaningful employment.

minkcoat · 2014-11-06T07:40:32+00:00

These numbers are wrong. In 2011 it was 55% female and 45% male.

source:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/data/cps/2013/tables.html

direct link to data:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/data/cps/2013/Table%201-01.csv

This is likely a result of men not seeking masters degrees as a result of either the inability to afford them (either in time or in money), or having opportunities that don't require a masters degree. For instance, many tech jobs do not require a masters today, where in the early 80s they would have.

An interesting phenomenon, and worthy of further study, but hardly a sign that men are oppressed (as it is not, conversely, a sign that women are not oppressed).

Title	The war on men
Author	Teckel22
Upvotes	46
Comments	32
Date	November 5, 2014 9:45 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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