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minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoWhat does that… mean? Is it a jab about college attendance demographics skewing towards women?
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 day agoFrom what I remember, the taunt predates women overtaking men in college completion (which happened in approximately 1995). It’s pretty old at this point. Here’s a newspaper article mentioning it from 1993: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-31-tm-825-story.html
minus-square__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoKids don’t know about college demographics. It’s a dumb thing kids say to tease each other. Like 7 year old kids. It just means boys are stupid.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeah one of the Moody blues someone posted with the girls playing jump rope made it click
minus-squareWolf@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThe thought of elementary school girls clowning on boys by pointing out college attendance demographics is precious though.
What does that… mean? Is it a jab about college attendance demographics skewing towards women?
From what I remember, the taunt predates women overtaking men in college completion (which happened in approximately 1995). It’s pretty old at this point.
Here’s a newspaper article mentioning it from 1993:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-31-tm-825-story.html
Kids don’t know about college demographics. It’s a dumb thing kids say to tease each other. Like 7 year old kids. It just means boys are stupid.
Yeah one of the Moody blues someone posted with the girls playing jump rope made it click
The thought of elementary school girls clowning on boys by pointing out college attendance demographics is precious though.