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According a recent article reflecting on the current administration's policies, we need fewer men [Update: dead link removed] in science, technology, engineering and mathematics:
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Quotas limiting the number of male students in science may be imposed by the Education Department in 2013.
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Obama hinted that Title IX quotas would soon come to engineering and techology[.]
The author argues that this is about choice, not gender and makes an interesting point about the liberal arts:
Gender disparities in a major are not the product of sexism, but rather the differing preferences of men and women. The fact that engineering departments are filled mostly with men does not mean they discriminate against women anymore than the fact that English departments are filled mostly with women proves that English departments discriminate against men. The arts and humanities have well over 60 percent female students, yet no one seems to view that gender disparity as a sign of sexism against men. Deep down, the Obama administration knows this, since it is planning to impose its gender-proportionality rules only on the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math), not other fields that have similarly large gender disparities in the opposite direction.
This should strengthen Obama's popularity among women. In addition, I expect that this will help retain and possibly expand his popularity among female Echo Boomers. Politically because of statistical impacts, this is a good choice because I've observed that women vote more frequently than men.
On a pertinent side note, if you limit the number of men who can enter STEM fields, you'll also have even fewer men attend college
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