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relaxing a day ago

> In theory, perhaps, but in practice nothing is being done to help boys.

Untrue. There’s a ton of work being done on how to better support boys in school.

> In fact, DEI programs in universities continue to favor young women even as they approach 60% of students.

What are these DEI programs favoring university admission for young women?

leereeves a day ago | parent [-]

Here's the opinion of the Society for Women Engineers:

> Cutting these [DEI] programs means fewer resources for students that need support. It’s devastating for women

https://swe.org/magazine/dei-faces-rising-waters/

That's an admission that DEI in schools supports women, from some of its biggest advocates. Where are the programs to support boys in school?

Edit: Of course, the mere existence of the Society for Women Engineers, AAUW, and other groups focused on women in education, without comparable groups for men, is another example of the phenomenon.

They're a remnant of a time when they were necessary, now favoring the group that has not only caught up, but taken the lead.

sanswork a day ago | parent | next [-]

That's an admission that a group focused on women is concerned with the impacts of issues on women.

Whoppertime 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Is there a society for Men Engineers that is concerned with the impacts of issues on men?

sanswork 22 minutes ago | parent [-]

For most of history that would be any society for engineers.

If you feel there are issues uniquely impacting male engineers though why not start one?

verall 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Women are not close to even 50% of engineering students or industry or academic engineers yet you go after society of women engineers?

Let's flip it - nursing, where men are a minority:

https://www.aamn.org/

Oh look, a society dedicated to men in nursing. This is completely reasonable. The idea to go from "women are most of college graduates" to "society of women engineers should not exist" is insane.

> without comparable groups for men

Did you even try?

https://www.naesp.org/resource/male-models/

It's a serious topic in education, yes it's a thing people care about.

I studied with and was friends with women in my computer engineering major, SWE helped connect them with industry engineers who could speak about what it was like being a women in engineering.