If women are entering into college in greater numbers then men, why are they still recieving the Lionesses?

Question

share of scholarship money?

http://www.collegescholarships.org/women.htm

https://www.collegedata.com/cs/scholarship_pagination.jhtml

I entered in the same criteria except I changed men/women and women came up with 3x the results of men! 160 for women and 56 for men.

Answer 1

Honestly, that's a good question.

Mostly, it has to do with politics.  While there's no longer a problem with trying to encourage the numbers of women in college (as they have surpassed the number of men), it still looks good politically for certain companies and political organizations to set up women's college funds (that is to say, if BigCorp wants to conjure up a stronger image of diversity to its investors, advertising about the women's scholarships that it awards is a good way to do it).

But you're quite right - this is one area where we no longer need compensatory measures to level the playing field, and where the continued existence of those compensatory measures starts to look like discrimination.

Answer 2

Oh, thanks, I can really use some of these scholarships.

I don't know why there are more for women-- perhaps lingering effects from when it was harder for women to get into college?  Perhaps for single moms?  I'm not sure, but if things continue the way they are (with more women graduating with higher grades then men), I anticipate these scholarships will drop off and even out (or, more likely, more will be offered to men).  It just takes time for these sort of changes--just like it took time for women to have so many scholarships in the first place.  

Answer 3

thank the big mouth hillary clintons of the world , nobody can scatter a village faster than hillary .

Answer 4

I don't have anything certain and written in stone (or on some website!), but I do have a guess.

Even though they are entering college in greater numbers, many colleges and universities want to make sure that the number doesn't dwindle.  Many scholarships and loans and stuff figure that usually men will have some financial well being or sports scholarships (I know, sexist isn't it?).  Be it parents or other inheritances, or from working.  With women, being able to get pregnant and choosing motherhood and homemaking over career (finger pointing at self), many places are doing what they can to keep them in the work force.  Some of it is societal pressure (since a woman's "place" is no longer in the home... sheesh, don't get me started there!) and some of it is sexist pressure (must make sure that there is plenty available to women so that they can't say they're being discriminated, oy).

That's how I look at it anyhow.  I mean, it's no longer 'acceptable' for a woman to choose homemaking over a career (total switch from 50 years ago, yes?).  Why would a smart woman be so stupid as to choose dishes, laundry, and child rearing as their sole daily requirements?  BTW, that question was not meant in any slandering or discriminating way... just a phrasing of what I think is going through some of their heads.  Just as leaving the home and doing man's work was frowned upon those 50 years ago, so is staying home and fulfilling the stereotypical woman's role today.

It's a world where woman are expected to go and become the doctor or lawyer or whatever that they were just expected to marry years and years ago.  If you're not furthering your education - and your pocketbook - then you're useless (so it seems to me, that truly is NOT my personal opinion).

Sometimes I really hate it.  It's supposed to be about women's choice, right?  Well, they're trying to persuade us to make the choice they want.  After all, aren't the colleges and all the ones who get paid whenever it's all said and done, regardless of who it is that pays them?

Okay, sorry to be so pessimistic and all.  I've felt for a long time that there is some inequality being created for every attempt at equality being made.  All this here and there of equality and we'll help, but when you need the help, guess what - you don't qualify.  And oftentimes it's based on not being 'this' or 'that' enough (sports active, tall, ethnic, etc).  All sorts of criteria that only helps to further the inequality.

Shoot me down for pessimism if you like.  It's just how I see things.  I'm not making anyone choose my point of view.

Answer 5

Simple. Feminism. Feminist's are ignoring the fact's of reality and still demanding more assistance.

        The government is happy to ignore the institutionalized sexism in the educational system because they have an easy solution.

Join the military is the governments answer.

    And that idea makes feminist's even happier. Kill hundreds of young men and free up more money to advance there hate.

      

Answer 6

I don't know how the general population works, but I got a whopping $500 or less as a year in scholarships because I was female. . . at an engineering school that was overwhelmingly male.

The other $9000 or so a year I got was through academic scholarships that were open to both men and women.  I had a GPA to die for and several varieties of test scores in the 98-99th percentile.  I doubt gender had anything to do with it.

Do you think that perhaps the men vs. women scholarships issue may have anything to do with the difference in how seriously the fraction of each gender who's definitely in the running for scholarships takes their studies and trying to apply for a bunch of scholarships?  My impression when I started college was that a lot more of my male fellow incoming engineering majors were more behind on getting everything ready and such than their female counterparts -- on average, of course.