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The Boyfriend Crisis

In its July issue, Esquire gets its boxers in a twist over what editor David Granger calls "the looming crisis in manhood" [sorry, article not online]. No, not the growing ranks of men who wear black shoes with tan suits and don't recognize Tom Hanks as the "official man of American men", but the so-called "boy crisis" (short version: after centuries of getting high test scores, boys are coming in second to uppity girls). In rehashing the stats that supposedly confirm the emergency, the glossy notes that for every 58 women in college and grad school, there are only 42 men. Which prompts this somber conclusion: "That means one in four female students can't find a male peer to date." Esquire's worried about a collegiate sex ratio skewed in favor of straight guys? Things really must be serious...

Posted by Dave Gilson on 07/21/06 at 11:26 AM | E-mail | Print | Digg this | de.licio.us



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Damn. Wish that would have been a problem 10 years ago.

Posted by: Dan on 07/21/06 at 11:26 AM

And I thought bisexuality was all the rage on campuses today...

How much do you want to bet that if it were the other way around, Esquire wouldn't be whining over boys not being able to find girls to date?

Posted by: Diane on 07/21/06 at 5:03 PM

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