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This article ("The Boy Crisis (Again)") has got me thinking, and thinking things I'd like to discuss.

First of all: rather than "The Boy Crisis", can we say "The Education Crisis"? FFS, a failing education system helps NO ONE. (By this I mean "not Liss", because I know she says it from the viewpoint of irony. I mean the original author / commenters / etc.)

Second: the SATs ARE bullshit. And this is from someone who scored a 1570/1600 on them.

Third, and longest: I can sum this article up basically by being like "OMFG NOOOOO, BOYS NOW HAVE TO WORK HARD TOO." And it - that thought - I've never actually put this together like this before, but as a girl going into science and engineering, I was told - it was implied - I knew I'd have to work FUCK-HARD to get anywhere I wanted to. I've been "trying" for a while, doing more than "passing", more than "meets", because that was the way I had to "prove myself."

And now boys are getting the same message?

*tiniest violin*

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It's actually interesting to me in interviews how many guys have come in, plopped their (lacking) resume down in front of me, and basically been like "So hey, when can I start." Where as the girls are eager to show me their experience and skills, even when their resumes are just as lacking. It's like the guys are like, hey, I have a penis, so I'm hired, right? Where the girls want to prove that they're eligible and a good candidate.



*OF COURSE I KNOW that this is just my experience and a huge generalization and I am not saying that all guy engineers are like this! But I've seen it enough that *I* noticed it. Is all I'm saying.