tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23246936.post115256218003960855..comments2023-10-14T05:25:42.347-04:00Comments on Elizabitchez: Is It Time To Help Men?The Red Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878357454951384602noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23246936.post-1152821632918365552006-07-13T16:13:00.000-04:002006-07-13T16:13:00.000-04:00I think it begins with respect. respect people's d...I think it begins with respect. respect people's differences. I think the positve example we can take from this story is that women when finally received intellectual encouragement they excelled. I am always surprised by how smart regular people I meet from all over are. Many really do understand the complexities of our world, but are never encouraged to express their knowledge. Humans are different from other mammals because of our desire to learn and adapt. If we all encouraged to do so we can only improve the general circumstance.DeeKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300364318635588633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23246936.post-1152732977293924052006-07-12T15:36:00.000-04:002006-07-12T15:36:00.000-04:00so yes, a way needs to be found to help men and wo...so yes, a way needs to be found to help men and women equally... I don't have any handy-dandy answers in my back pocket at the moment, as my handy-dandy answer machine is broken....Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603530251648634541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23246936.post-1152732783648331702006-07-12T15:33:00.000-04:002006-07-12T15:33:00.000-04:00I agree, deek that in some ways we have inadverten...I agree, deek that in some ways we have inadvertently created an imbalance...<BR/><BR/>an example of this can be seen as early as elementary school:<BR/><BR/>In an attempt to better serve the learning styles of girls, boys are at times being overlooked, or even "punished" (i.e. mis-diagnosed with ADD for exhibiting typical "boy" behaviors)Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603530251648634541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23246936.post-1152731419556918902006-07-12T15:10:00.000-04:002006-07-12T15:10:00.000-04:00I think much of what you say is correct; women are...I think much of what you say is correct; women are used to working harder because they have been doing so longer. also many men can also fall back on physical labor.<BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, the question remaisn unanswered: is it time to help men?<BR/>the simple question leads to more complicated ones. If men are failing of their own accord, is it fair to women to give men an extra hand up? Even though women are excelling in schools, why has it not translated to the work world? <BR/><BR/>My answer is that we have to help all equally. Creating an imbalance, whether by design or accident set dangerous precedents and threatens to undo progress already made. I believe the success women have made scholastically represents pent up demand realizing its potential. May be its time to fuel that it men as well. Afterall, we all know that education lead to less crime, better health and more successful offspring. <BR/><BR/>Of course, wanting to and actually accomplishing this goal are two different things...DeeKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300364318635588633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23246936.post-1152714670698651652006-07-12T10:31:00.000-04:002006-07-12T10:31:00.000-04:00this is an interesting note, that may partially (b...this is an interesting note, that may partially (but by no means completely) account for the gender-achievement gap<BR/><BR/>which men are attending college?<BR/>which women?<BR/><BR/>"The gender differences are not uniform. In the highest-income families, men 24 and under attend college as much as, or slightly more than, their sisters"<BR/><BR/>"Young men from low-income families, which are disproportionately black and Hispanic, are the most underrepresented on campus, though in middle-income families too, more daughters than sons attend college."<BR/><BR/><BR/>this brings to mind a conversation my mom and I had several times over my academic career in which I excelled at underachieving....<BR/><BR/>things were "easy" for me, academically speaking, from a very early age, which tended to be a detriment when i got older. when I started college, i had never, in my life HAD TO STUDY for a test.<BR/><BR/>I went to college, in part, bacause it was always assumed I would. And in picking a school, i took the path of least resistance: i enrolled in my local community college. <BR/><BR/>In short, things were too easy for me, I coasted, and when faced with having to work hard, I didn't know how to apply myself. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps many women are working harder in college because they had to work harder to get there in the first place. Their brothers would probably have to work just as hard...<BR/><BR/>and maybe some of the men who are less motivated are so because they don't have as much riding on whether they get an A or a B - their college record isn't the only thing they have going for them - they're already plugged-in to the network that offers them access to the "great job" and yes, their sisters probably would have the same access...<BR/><BR/>I ahve more thoughts, but i also have work to do...Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603530251648634541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23246936.post-1152712441584765302006-07-12T09:54:00.000-04:002006-07-12T09:54:00.000-04:00nothing like a post on gender issues to get those ...nothing like a post on gender issues to get those crickets chirpin' eh?Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603530251648634541noreply@blogger.com