Actually, men breaking into an all female school seems the more perplexing.
I'm a woman in a male-dominated field (I'm a software engineer) so I understand what drives women to compete in places they "don't belong".
But when men break out of their assigned roles (to become, for example, cheerleaders, flight attendants, nurses, housekeepers, or elementary school teachers) other, "manlier" men, often question their sexuality or worse.
Sure... you can "get the chicks" if you're in those fields... but it just targets you for abuse. I don't get it.
Sure... you can "get the chicks" if you're in those fields... but it just targets you for abuse. I don't get it.
Not to mention that the pay and prestige is usually lower for "traditional" female jobs.
Maybe they like abuse.
There are no men demanding admittance.
Read the article:
A decision by Wells College (search), which has been all-women since 1868, to begin admitting male students in order to boost enrollment has riled female students.This is a decision by the college administration. They aren't getting enough students as an all-woman college. Not enough women want to go to an all-girl college to make continuing as an all-girl college financially viable, most likely