at least it makes dating easier for guys at schools like caltech now which is a non-trivial plus
They also didn't say men would even ask anyone out, are you being sexist, and assuming men always ask, and women do not?
And unless 20 year olds have changed dramatically, everyone is looking for new dating pools.
Or are you suggesting women don't have a sex drive, and should be chaste?
Not remotely related to what I said.
> Or are you suggesting women don't have a sex drive, and should be chaste?
Not remotely related to what I said.
Why do you feel the need to make stuff up?
And for your initial assumption to be true, men would have to be doing the asking. Otherwise, why white knight to save the poor women? Yet if women did the asking, there's no downside for them, yes?
Your post was wrong.
But, in the context of a society which historically denied women a place in higher education, and an institution which did not admit women, and then had disproportionately few women, to react to higher numbers of women with "this is good for men looking to date" is a really bad take. It frames more women in corners of higher ed where they were previously underrepresented in terms of how it's good for men, and specifically in framing women students as romantic opportunities for men.
You pretending that yeeetz's comment is part of some broader appreciation of a diverse college environment is kinda bs, b/c yeeetz did not say anything about learning from/working with people of a different background -- just that it makes dating easier for guys.
This attitude is how we end up with individuals at 40, alone, hoarding cats, and having no functional social skills.
Dating is necessary to develop skills to survive in the real world and for humanity to propagate.
- when women were mostly or entirely excluded for higher ed, they still participated in society and courtship and had "functional social skills"
- men and women today who never go to college still participate in society, date and have functional social skills
So maybe women go to university to learn or to launch their career or to appease their parents just like everyone else? And commenting on their growing numbers in terms of the benefits to straight male students looking to date is fundamentally objectifying people who are just trying to live their lives? And when someone points this out you imply that women who have the attitude that universities are for something other than dating are on some track to be broken non-social loners, that's failing to account for the broad opportunities to (a) date someone outside your school (b) defer dating until later because you're focused on learning and paying a huge amount to be at this institution or (c) being open to the possibility that people who don't date aren't doomed to be lonely cat ladies b/c there are other kinds of valuable human connection and the people that perpetuate this myth are invested in continued oppression?