Availability changes behavior

Richard Whitmire writing in the The Chronicle of Higher Education

One key element to the pickup culture, however, remains unreported: American colleges are undergoing a striking gender shift. In 2015 the average college graduating class will be 60-percent female, according to the U.S. Education Department. Some colleges have already reached or passed that threshold, which allows anecdotal insights into how those imbalances affect the pickup culture. What can be seen so far is not encouraging: Stark gender imbalances appear to act as an accelerant on the hookup culture.

Go to Whitmire’s blog on why boys lag in education, Why Boys Fail, for a link to the article.

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