As more institutions become majority female - universities, publishing, the NHS, the HR department - is it now possible to have a rational debate about the impact of feminisation?
A hugely important discussion, thank you for taking on the debate. So many repercussions … like the flu/covid point, in female dominated schools in which increasing numbers of teachers are not parents it is easy for ordinary teenage male behaviour to seem baffling and dysfunctional.
I think the significance of the education attainment gap is misunderstood, for what it’s worth. Young men have been withdrawing their efforts in part because education as we elders have known it no longer has the payoff in status and money it once had. There are many more ways of making money now than there have ever been. The times they are a-changin’!
Thanks, David, I think these are all good points. I’m particularly interested in social mobility and the divide between the educational attainment of men/women. As you raise, there are some important policy considerations here.
A hugely important discussion, thank you for taking on the debate. So many repercussions … like the flu/covid point, in female dominated schools in which increasing numbers of teachers are not parents it is easy for ordinary teenage male behaviour to seem baffling and dysfunctional.
I think the significance of the education attainment gap is misunderstood, for what it’s worth. Young men have been withdrawing their efforts in part because education as we elders have known it no longer has the payoff in status and money it once had. There are many more ways of making money now than there have ever been. The times they are a-changin’!
Looking forward to this event. I have written a piece suggesting the relative advance of women in the economy and workforce may be more fragile than it appears. https://open.substack.com/pub/sfhwebb/p/does-the-future-really-belong-to?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1cycu5
Thanks, David, I think these are all good points. I’m particularly interested in social mobility and the divide between the educational attainment of men/women. As you raise, there are some important policy considerations here.
Do you have the latest data on the male/female education gap, I think I saw somewhere that it was narrowing slightly