I go to a women's college for these exact reasons. And yes, it does prepare women to live with and interact better with men in the "real world". It's a common misconception that women's colleges and single-sex learning don't prepare women for the "real world"--actually, the opposite is true. Consider this: Only 1.5% of college women attend women's colleges, yet 25% of women members of Congress are women's college graduates, women's college graduates make up 1/3 of women board members of Fortune 1000 companies, women's college graduates are twice as likely to earn PhDs, of BusinessWeek's 50 highest ranking women in corporate America, 30% were women's college graduates, etc, etc, etc. Clearly, single-sex education makes women "better able to deal with men later in their lives". Hayley > I find this to be an interesting debate- a lot of people have made >good arguments that women can become more assertive and comfortable by >having intelligent discussions without men around- men often do make a >mess of things. However, would it help make these women better able to >deal with men later in their lives? One thing I find interesting is that >if you are in a setting where men and women are giving equal attention by >a teacher, the men think that they are being snubbed and that the women >are being favored. Maybe a solution would be to have the women get >together for awhile, and the men get together separately, and then put >them all together later, and see what happens. I really don't know- I >just find that this topic is pretty intriguing. It is hard for me to be >in favor of something that excludes based on gender or ethnicity, but I >can see good reasons for doing so when the excluded group tends to be >beliggerent and domineering. > -Miguel > >______________________ >Miguel Ordorica >Washington State Univ. >Dept. of Sociology >Wilson 206 >(509) 335-4595 (msg.) >(509) 332-4442 (hme) >______________________ > >On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Bertina Miller wrote: > >> The real world includes men, until there are no men in existence, then you >> can say its ok not to include them in something. As for challenging the >> status quo I am all for that. Doesnt mean that a person should be >> exclusionary. Everyone learns from diversity not from exclusion. >> >> Bertina >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
