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minus-square@grrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 days agoWhat does that… mean? Is it a jab about college attendance demographics skewing towards women?
minus-square@exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-23 days 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.comlinkfedilinkEnglish9•4 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-square@grrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-24 days agoYeah one of the Moody blues someone posted with the girls playing jump rope made it click EDIT oops I meant “comic.” I got distracted by the Moody Blues playing on the radio.
minus-square@Wolf@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 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 bluessomeone posted with the girls playing jump rope made it clickEDIT oops I meant “comic.” I got distracted by the Moody Blues playing on the radio.
The thought of elementary school girls clowning on boys by pointing out college attendance demographics is precious though.