A majority of millennial men failed to see women as equals, according to the study, which looked at how college biology students viewed their classmates’ intelligence and achievements, the Harvard Business Review reported.
Among the findings:
In every biology class surveyed, a man was seen as the most celebrated student, even in instances where women earned significantly better grades.
Men were also found to overestimate the intelligence of their male classmates over that of female ones.
Men continued exaggerating their assessments of the male peers, despite unequivocal evidence that their female peers were performing better.
Women, conversely, weren’t found to display a bias: Their assessments of fellow classmates tended to be spot-on.
The National Institutes of Health researchers pointed out that female STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) majors drop out at significantly higher rates than their male counterparts.
“The reasons for this difference are complex, and one possible contributing factor is the social environment women experience in the classroom,” they wrote.
Still, scores of men are under the impression that they’ve become the target of reverse sexism. Conservative columnist John Hawkins ranted in Town Hall last year:
“Men have it rougher in America than most people realize. In part, that’s because they’re one of the few groups (along with white people, conservatives, and Christians) it’s cool to crap on at every opportunity. In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a nonstop assault on masculinity in America.”
But research has confirmed the reality of gender bias against women. A staggering 90 percent of women reported experiencing gender harassment in the workplace, a 2010 University of Michigan study found. The results suggest that such harassment had the purpose of driving women out of jobs and not the generally assumed motivation of trying to draw women into relationships.
As for millennial men specifically, they have been less accepting of female leaders than their older male counterparts, according to a 2014 survey of more than 2,000 adults residing in the United States, the Harvard Business Review reports.
Half of Millenial men said their careers would take priority over their partners’.
Three-fourths of women, on the other hand, said their careers would be at least as important as their husbands’.
oh look its the shit women have been saying all the damn time and antifeminists stamp their feet and cry about
All true @ lunamoonuh, and I like how you gave the men's argument via John Hawkin's rant. Of course, most men who enjoy an economic advantage in society are going to claim they endure hardship too.
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Thank you !
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What a crappy post, you don't even cite the source of the study.
Besides, what does any of this have to do with #rape?
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As we transition into a service economy, I think many men feel like they are at a disadvantage to women in many cases. As factories all close down, and women fill many of the left over jobs we're left feeling somewhat helpless in many situations. A man has to be a bread winner, or most women won't even look their way, yet most women are perfectly fine in most relationships even if they just have a lower end service job or no job at all.
So now we're competing in a job market where women are considered equals, but often have the edge when it comes to social hiring. We're also in a situation where many women won't date or consider a mate that isn't successful. It's hard for women to understand the social pressure us men are under because of this dynamic.
The feminist movement has went so far the other way, that many men feel like women have way too many advantages and perks.
This doesn't even take into consideration on how bias the court system is for women when a relationship fails too. Many men are downright afraid to enter a relationship because of the potential fall out if the women decide to leave.
So what if men are perceived to be more intelligent than women when in the real world women have many advantages over men. Men are conditioned to be assertive and stoic almost in nature, so of course that confidence is going to follow through to people's perceptions.
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