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by Ar-Curunir 2779 days ago
What? Get this sexist crap out of here. Do you seriously think that any educational programs are rejecting men today? Have you walked into any STEM department anywhere across the country? You can count the number of women on your hands. There is no discrimination against men in STEM.
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MY university said they aimed to get 50:50 gender representation of professors within a few years from the current 80:20.

Now, you could achieve that in 2 ways - fire a bunch of old men, or hire mostly women for new jobs.

As a young man, I'd much rather see the first and I think it's fairer... however there's tenure. That means the only way for them to achieve their goal is to hold down young men, who are made to pay for the 'crimes' of the old