{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"36987736","dateCreated":"1301697252","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"laurenc15","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/laurenc15","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36987736"},"dateDigested":1532140471,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gaps","description":"Before I begun researching colleges during my junior year I assumed that the enrollment for males was higher than that of girls. I'm still not quite sure why I made that assumption but I'm definitely not the only one that has made that assumption before. Women are constantly rising and springing to new opportunites which will advance us even further, eventually leading us to be completely equal with males. I am surprised that the article states that even if women lead in enrollment, men still tend to take the lead on a higher salary. Women get higher degrees, but men recieve higher pay checks.
\nThe gender gap is definitely influenced by social pressure. Gender against gender is constantly pushing and advancing eachother. There is always pressure and competition between males and females. Personal ambitions may also come into play. It is a bad assumption to make, but I feel that overall women tend to be more ambitious. Even though they have the tendency to be more ambitious, doesn't mean that the ambition and drive gets them as far. At first I was looking into medicine, and in particular anesthesiology which is by far dominant by males. But I later changed my major of interest to psychology. I'm not too sure what the statistics for psychology is regarding gender ratios, but I feel it is relatively even. Men may recieve higher salaries than women because of their type of job and higher positions. Just because males have the higher positions doesn't mean they are more powerful or smarter. Even though women going for the same position may be equally as strong and qualified, they may have a timid appearance due to their gender. If women act overly strong or powerful, they are sometimes considered "manly" or masculine. Limiting higher positions for only "manly" people is definitely not fair for women.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36987734","dateCreated":"1301697251","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"eriNISHappi","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/eriNISHappi","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36987734"},"dateDigested":1532140471,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gap","description":"It was really interesting to learn that 56% of students enrolled in college were female. Perhaps this gender gap is a product of the fact that men are more able to pursue jobs that do not require a college degree, such as in fields of physical labor. However it must still be noted that in the higher levels of the education system the number of doctorate degrees earned by men is greater than that of women. This shocking considering that the slight majority of students (at the undergrad level) is female. I feel that this is because even though society today is more accepting of the career woman, the archetypal doctor or lawyer is still a man. Meaning by this that perhaps some women feel that these fields are predominantly masculine and therefore are not so inclined to procure further education in those branches of study. The same explanation can be applied to the curiosity that is the decline of male attendance in colleges. Maybe the threat of competing with their female peers has led some male students to drop out of the intellectual rat race before they are beaten by a girl. All of this seems to point towards a female dominated work force, however it must be noted that women are still not the equals to men on the payroll. What will the decline of an educated male work force entail? Will women still be paid less for performing the same duties or perhaps will this eventually force companies to once and for all create equality in pay?
\nThere is no easy path to true equality. Educating the populace is one way to become a step closer to reaching balance. With the opening of the minds of the public we can all work together to create a new world without stereotype and bias.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36987310","dateCreated":"1301696287","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Keahi","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Keahi","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36987310"},"dateDigested":1532140471,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gap 101","description":"In this article, it talks about the female dominance that makes up "56% of the college population." It's truly amazing how much women dominate the academic stand point and yet they still get treated less equal then men. Thinking about a decade ago and back in the sixties, women have always been treated less and paid less than men and being considered the inferior gender. It's truely amazing to see that women lead the college board and show their intellect and talents in the class room, but it's also sad that women will never be treated equal as men and recieve the same rights as men. Another thing that caught my eye was when they said "men were the family bread-winners" meaning that the male figure in the household should provide for the family and be responsible. This is what all males dream of doing for their families. In some cases, women should have the same opportunities because they often provide for their families and are being taken advantage of because of their sex. I feel if women work to achieve greatness in college, they should be paid just as well or even better then some males because of their accomplishments and their hard work.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36986344","dateCreated":"1301694237","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kisouza","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kisouza","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36986344"},"dateDigested":1532140471,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gap ","description":"I thought this article was very interesting because all this is visible in colleges today. It is noticeable that women have more roles in colleges now, but they aren\u2019t taking the highest power. Men still have more power than women. A single man will have a high power status, while the women will have more numbers but less power. One reason I think this is happening is because today en can get higher paying jobs without going to college. For example a male can go work construction right out of high school and earn a decent wage, but women have to go to school and get a degree to get paid more. Also women are more worried about what others think of them and this might be an explanation for them going to college. Others will think higher of them if they go to college and get a degree.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36978214","dateCreated":"1301684389","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"tikoon","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/tikoon","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36978214"},"dateDigested":1532140471,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gap","description":"I am not sure what is the cause for this gender gap, but I am not suprised that more women are enrolled in college than men. Just being at Iolani I have observed that girls in general work harder on school work than boys. I don't know what it is or why this is so. Maybe because girls realize that out in the "real" world it is much harder for women dealing with the concept of business and being successful. Maybe it is just that girls are hard-wired to be more dilligent workers and work harder. Part of it is that males have had an easier than females and college is technically something that is required to be successful now days with all of the alternate routes to finding your career.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36969946","dateCreated":"1301677892","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kehu93","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kehu93","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36969946"},"dateDigested":1532140472,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gap","description":"I found this article to be surprising but sad. I personally have never noticed a decline in the number of male classmates applying for and attending college. All my male upperclassmen friends are now in college, and soon my friends in my grade will be in college as well. Therefore, I am surprised to hear that there is such a dramatic decrease in male students in college. To think that we will soon be outnumbered by three million is quite shocking. However, this number covers the nation as a whole. Therefore, it really only means a few more girls in each school than boys. I cannot really imagine why fewer males would be attending college. The increase in female students certainly would not deter male students from enrolling. This could even encourage more males to attend college partially in order to meet these educated girls. While the number of female students is increasing, there are still certain positions that are dominated by men. As far as I know, there are still more male doctors and lawyers. However, this may simply be because these are traditionally positions held by men. As the number of female students continues to grow, the number of female doctors and lawyers will also grow, causing an eventual balance between genders. While reading the article, I wondered why "males continue to hold more decision-making administration positions" if "female students are the majority." I guess this could also be because the growth of the women population is still new enough that it has yet to reach the positions of power that were also traditionally held by men. As women continue to outnumber the males, more of them will be encouraged to pursue administration positions and I believe there will be less of a gap in the roles of men and women.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36944878","dateCreated":"1301658028","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"MariMuraoka","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MariMuraoka","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36944878"},"dateDigested":1532140472,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gap","description":"I feel like the percentage of women is higher now because it wasn't until fairly recently that they have even been given the opportunity. When new opportunities first emerge, they are flocked to because it is not something that is just taken for granted. Before the 1970's women were told by experts that in order to be feminine, their duties were as follows: raise the children and be a good wife. They were taught this from an early age and even though they were given more opportunity beginning in the 1970's, maybe some families still held this value until recently. Their parents had lived during this time and parents usually teach their kids based off how they were raised.
\nNo, I do not feel influenced by the "male dominated professions." I don't know what i plan to pursue, but I can assure you it won't be based on whether it is male or female dominated. I will do what fits me and what I love.
\nFor one, it is still legal to pay men more. I don't know why it's still like that, but that's just how it is. However, I still think they hold the higher positions because 1. women might not strive to be that high up and 2. because they don't think they can yet. We are still in the middle of the feminist movement (per say), but i think that maybe women in our generation will be filling high positions because we are now told we can and it actually looks possible. What we are now allowed to dream is different than past generations. Girls can now say "I am going to be the president of the United States" and be taken seriously as opposed to 10 years ago. Times are still changing.
\nEngineering and Law are male dominated. I hate engineering and I am a woman... so I won't even touch on that haha. But as for law, it is seen as a "manly" profession because it requires a woman to be controlling, manipulative, and not so passive. Those were all seen as male traits.
\nNursing I believe is still women oriented, probably because men still feel that they need to be the doctors and the one in charge with the women under them.
\nNowadays, I think society plays less of a pressure in career choice. There are so many men and women in all different careers that most people are now just perusing what they want.
\nColleges should just base their acceptances on ability. Women and men should be equal and the ones with the greatest ability should be the ones learning to be the leaders of our society.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36941762","dateCreated":"1301641735","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kekimura","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kekimura","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36941762"},"dateDigested":1532140472,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"gender gap","description":"This article was really interesting because I had no idea that there are more women in colleges than men. Although I believe with the theories for this gender gap, I simply also think that each year more women are becoming more ambitious about their futures while men are continually accepting this fact that women can be just as educated and successful as men. I also agree with that gender gaps occur in the work force since very few women apply for jobs in repair, construction, and technology. For myself, I do not feel that I am influenced by gender in the major I plan to study in. However, I have been told that my major which, was once male dominated, is now female dominated. I disagree with the statistic that \u201cmale students are three times more likely to be enrolled in special education programs.\u201d I think special education is a whole different aspect that does not relate to the reason of why there more females in universities. I also very much disagree that males should be favored over females in admissions. Any kind of admission should always be fair. Both males and females should have equal access to any college\/university of their choice.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36941758","dateCreated":"1301641711","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"AshlynYokoyama","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AshlynYokoyama","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36941758"},"dateDigested":1532140472,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gap","description":"I wasn't surprised by this article that there is a larger percentage of women attending college because when I was researching colleges all of the schools had a higher percentage of women than men. What I think contributes to this gap is the types of different occupations men and women go into. Like the article said men tend to seek jobs in repair, construction, and technology that doesn't necessarily require all four years of college, therefore I would think men would have less motivation to follow through with college. I think although men still receive higher salaries I think society still may not have the full confidence in women that they can be assertive and handle the pressure of a high position and greater power.
\nIn addition, when the article mentioned that some colleges were favoring and giving special attention to the male students they were unfair. I think that all of the students, men and women should have equal opportunity in enrolling in a school. It is the males fault if they don\u2019t want to attend college. It shows which gender has more motivation in earning a college degree. However, on the other hand if the predictions for the future on the \u201cmarriage squeeze\u201d comes true I hope more men go to college!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36941692","dateCreated":"1301641481","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"akhatana","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/akhatana","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36941692"},"dateDigested":1532140472,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Gaps in Colleges","description":"This article did what a great news article does: it points out the blatantly obvious while providing statistics and examples. When they mentioned Christina Hoff Sommers' book and theory of over-aggression about the "early stereotyping of boys," it was definitely eye opening for me. I have noticed that often, younger boys are dismissed into easier reading classes (and similar classes) because "boys take longer to mature." Thus, I think that social pressures contribute to the gender gap; Sommers may be right.
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\nHowever, I do not feel influenced by this article regarding the major I chose. I actually think that Sommers\u2019 theory may be the reason why the number of men enrolled in college has dropped. Other than that, I do not know what other explanation would make sense. I would like to mention that economist Andrew Sum's theory of the "marriage-squeeze" is logical. As he said, if there are fewer male college graduates, it will be harder for the next generation of college-educated women to find a husband with similar educational background.
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\nWhile I did notice that there is a growing trend of more women than men in many colleges and universities, I did not even think about why men are in usually in positions of higher authority and of higher salary. If we look at history, males have usually played the role of the superior, the academic, and the breadmaker. As women rights\u2019 have been passed and more women have entered the educational field, women continue to break through the barrier. However, I think that in time, women will rise to be hired just as much as men for the more authoritative and high paying jobs.
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\nCertain fields are probably still gender dominated because since they have always been so, not many women have even thought of entering those fields. However, even though women have been striving to reach higher positions of academia, salary, and respect, some in that field will always have the \u201corthodox\u201d way of thinking: that males will know better. (This is sad, but may be true.)","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}