Comments on: Accountability to Forecasts of Doom

By: Alice Finkel

Alice Finkel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:46:26 +0000

Men are simply getting the shaft from the entrenched feminist establishment. Under Obama it will get worse–much worse!!! The leftist extremists who are grabbing firm control over all aspects of government intend to hammer straight males right into the ground. Think everything is stacked against you in school admissions, hirings, divorce and custody courts etc. now? Just wait, you’re gonna get it up the gezing from the radicals of Obamanation.

By: Crimson Wife

Crimson Wife — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:12:00 +0000

It's a bit misleading to simply focus on the percent degrees earned by each gender. One might conclude from looking at them, that men are less likely now than in the past to be pursuing higher education. That's not the case; there has been a marked increase in the percentage of the male population holding a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. In 1970, only 13.5% of men over 25 held a bachelor's degree, while in 2007 30% did. If I did my math correctly, that's an increase of 222%.

The reason why there's been a shift in the gender distribution has been because the increase in female participation in higher education has exceeded the increase in male participation. Back in 1970, a mere 7.9% of women over 25 held a bachelor's degree, while in 2007 28% did. Again assuming I did my math correctly, that's an increase of 354%.

Both men AND women today are significantly more likely to be college graduates than in the past. So I'm not particularly worried about men being "left behind" educationally.

By: Ian Random

Ian Random — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:24:32 +0000

Clinton had to raise taxes to double revenues during his reign, while Reagan cut them. I believe it also applies to the non-rino Bush too.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:19:03 +0000

As long as you’re on an accountability kick look back at two things from the 1990′s. They aren’t actual forecasts but predictions of our leaders. Newt Gingrich said that when Clinton raised taxes on the upper bracket in 1994 that we were going to experience the “Clinton recession”. I think we had 6 years of exceptional growth, so I can’t ever figure out why people think Newt is some sort of economic sage. And my second favorite applies to the Democrats. When Clinton signed the welfare reform bill they predicted we would have homeless, hungry children on the streets like something out of a Dickens novel. That also didn’t happen. In both cases other factors were at work in the economy that neither group saw coming. I’ve since learned to take party leader predictions with a grain of salt.

By: Dr. T

Dr. T — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:09:15 +0000

The book would have been a joke even in 1969. Public schools in the USA have been stacked against boys since the 1950s. However, society and culture were stacked against women going to college up until the 1970s.

How are schools stacked against boys?
1. More boys than girls prefer active, kinetic learning (by doing things or handling things) than girls. However, almost all public school learning is passive.
2. Boys have a harder time than girls being attentive while sitting for long periods. Boys need physical activity breaks more than girls. But, public schools have eliminated active recess, gym classes, physical activities within classes, etc.
3. Tasks that boys are better at than girls (those that involve physical coordination and 3D-spatial coordination) are essentially nonexistent in public schools. Kids in public schools rarely get to assemble (or disassemble) things or build things as part of standard learning techniques.

Public schools prefer kids who are: passive, unassertive, quiet, uninquisitive, orderly, neat, and rule-following. All of those fit girls better than boys.

By: dr kill

dr kill — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:43:49 +0000

So the babes are staying in school for the purpose of meeting Mr. Right instead of Mr. Right Now? That's news? Good for them.

Of course the majority of degrees awarded are in the Humanities. Or as we used to say, post-pre-med.

By: dr kill

dr kill — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:43:05 +0000

So the babes are staying in school for the purpose of meeting Mr. Right instead of Mr. Right Now? That's news? Good for them.

Of course the majority of degrees awarded are in the Humanities. Or as we used to say, post-pre-med.

By: James

James — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:55:51 +0000

@ Doug Murray

Wait... are you saying that these women aren't that smart? Oh man! There's sexism everywhere!

By: Doug Murray

Doug Murray — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:09:24 +0000

The smart organizations figured out how to declare victory and save themselves by saying, “Now that that’s done, let’s turn our attention and resources to something else that needs doing.” March of Dimes and the Nemours Foundation were created to fight polio and are both going strong fifty years after that need went away.

By: Jens Fiederer

Jens Fiederer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:37:00 +0000

> I remember my feminist wife

Is that how you tell your wives apart? Great technique! And here I thought you lived in Arizona rather than Utah.

I love your posts, and sometimes read them to my pharmacist (and, coincidentally, only) wife.