Comments on: Studying abroad becoming a ‘female thing’ … http://www.whyboysfail.com/2008/12/04/studying-abroad-becoming-a-female-thing/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:29:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John Armstrong http://www.whyboysfail.com/2008/12/04/studying-abroad-becoming-a-female-thing/#comment-10299 John Armstrong Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:48 +0000 http://www.whyboysfail.com/?p=510#comment-10299 Studying a broad always seemed like a male thing to me. Maybe if there's such a supermajority of women they're having to make do. Oh, <em>abroad</em>. My earlier comments stand, though, but under your post about alcohol use. Studying a broad always seemed like a male thing to me. Maybe if there’s such a supermajority of women they’re having to make do.

Oh, abroad. My earlier comments stand, though, but under your post about alcohol use.

]]> By: Cousin Dave http://www.whyboysfail.com/2008/12/04/studying-abroad-becoming-a-female-thing/#comment-10298 Cousin Dave Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:49:06 +0000 http://www.whyboysfail.com/?p=510#comment-10298 I would suggest that at least part of the problem is that many male students are not at liberty to leave the country for an extended period of time, nor do they have access to funding for travel. Quite a few male students are married, have children, are involved in interning/work-study, or just plain have to work in order to pay their tuition. When I was a college student, there was no way I could have have gone abroad for three months; I was working 25 hours/week to (just barely) pay tuition and my bills. I suspect that a higher percentage of women have access to family or scholarship funding, and don't have to worry about being financially self-sufficient or supporting dependents. I would suggest that at least part of the problem is that many male students are not at liberty to leave the country for an extended period of time, nor do they have access to funding for travel. Quite a few male students are married, have children, are involved in interning/work-study, or just plain have to work in order to pay their tuition. When I was a college student, there was no way I could have have gone abroad for three months; I was working 25 hours/week to (just barely) pay tuition and my bills. I suspect that a higher percentage of women have access to family or scholarship funding, and don’t have to worry about being financially self-sufficient or supporting dependents.

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