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The reasoning is something along the lines that a college education is more important to boys than girls, which kinda makes sense in a world where jobs require
by wodenokoto 5y ago
The reasoning is something along the lines that a college education is more important to boys than girls, which kinda makes sense in a world where jobs require college degrees and men are the sole breadwinner.
Basically, the logic goes: giving a seat to a girl at a high school robs the seat from a boy and therefore his chance at getting into a good university, and since the girl is going to be a homemaker anyway ...
- Tobu 5y agoThat was the explanation given for rigging medical school scores so 70% of doctors could be male: - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/tokyo-medical-school-admits-changing-results-to-exclude-women https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/tokyo-medical-... - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/two-more-japanese-medical-schools-admit-discriminating-against-women https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/two-more-japan... - https://apjjf.org/2019/07/Schieder.html https://apjjf.org/2019/07/Schieder.html
- LatteLazy 5y agoNo, the logic here is that there is systematic discrimination against boys and that this corrects that. They say as much in the article: >The numbers at each high school are based on the ratio of boys to girls at public junior high schools in Tokyo.