Decline of the All Male College
As I looked into how many all male colleges there were, I knew it would be a low number. When I saw that as of 2005, only 4 official all male colleges existed, I was very surprised. I often hear of all female colleges and high schools, but rarely if ever have I heard of an all male college. Considering the social expectations and reality of males and females in schools, the number might actually not be too surprising. Females today are pushed to do more math and science, and being in an all girl school would seemingly mask and hide the fact that they are a male subject. On the other hand, males in schools are pushed to do nothing, exceeding in only math and science, left out in the cold when it comes humanities classes, thus a less social pressure bound all male school is left as an afterthought if that.
Today, more females are graduating from colleges than males, and in general are earning higher grades. An all male school seems to me to be thought of as, “uncool,” in the way that someone in an all male school could not show off to “chicks,” tool them, or any activities in a normal school that would be considered “hotshot” or cool. Without the social pressures, males would probably exceed in school greater than their counterparts, yet men seem to have to be with girls to be cool.
Since males are not pressured to do well in school like the girls are, there is less pressure to attend a school that would reinforce these ideas into the male. Because of this, social pressures tend to be the dominant factor in not choosing an all male school. Society today has forced out the all male school because of the new social and grade expectations reinforced on the male. On the other hand, females who have social pressures to look good for the man, yet are also pushed into and seem to always have better grades than males, look to an all girls school in order to concentrate on their studies. So, I expected that the number of all male colleges would be low, but I did not think that there would be as few colleges as the number of fingers on one hand.
Today, more females are graduating from colleges than males, and in general are earning higher grades. An all male school seems to me to be thought of as, “uncool,” in the way that someone in an all male school could not show off to “chicks,” tool them, or any activities in a normal school that would be considered “hotshot” or cool. Without the social pressures, males would probably exceed in school greater than their counterparts, yet men seem to have to be with girls to be cool.
Since males are not pressured to do well in school like the girls are, there is less pressure to attend a school that would reinforce these ideas into the male. Because of this, social pressures tend to be the dominant factor in not choosing an all male school. Society today has forced out the all male school because of the new social and grade expectations reinforced on the male. On the other hand, females who have social pressures to look good for the man, yet are also pushed into and seem to always have better grades than males, look to an all girls school in order to concentrate on their studies. So, I expected that the number of all male colleges would be low, but I did not think that there would be as few colleges as the number of fingers on one hand.
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