Affirmative action for men?

A reader (thanks!) sent me a span style=”font-style:italic;”WSJ/span article entitled, “The Lost Boys” written by Richard Whitmire, author of a forthcoming book, a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814415342?ie=UTF8tag=wwwviolentkicomlinkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0814415342″span style=”font-style:italic;”Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System That’s Leaving Them Behind./span/aimg src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwviolentkicoml=as2o=1a=0814415342″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”” style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” / The article discusses universities admitting men with lower qualifications than women, a href=”http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703740004574513890645608558.html”and why guys might need these preferences:/abr /br /blockquoteThis week, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced that it will investigate whether colleges discriminate against women by admitting less qualified men. It will strike many as odd to think that American men would need such a leg up. From the men-only basketball games at the White House to the testosterone club on Wall Street, we seem surrounded by male dominance….br /br /In theory, the surge in the number of educated women should make up for male shortcomings when we’re looking at the overall prospects for the economy. But men and women are not the same. At the same levels of education, women remain less inclined to roll the dice on risky business start-ups or to grind out careers in isolated tech labs. Revenue generated by women-owned businesses remains less than 5% of all revenue. And while the number of women taking on economically important majors is rising, women still earn only a fifth of the bachelor’s degrees granted in physics, computer science and engineering.br /br /Why males don’t seem to “get” the importance of a college education is a mystery, especially considering the current collapse of jobs that traditionally don’t require post-high-school study./blockquotebr /br /What is a mystery to me is why so many schools and colleges don’t “get” that they are anti-male, pro-female (liberal only) and designed to teach in ways that are not conducive to attracting men but that is another post. This one is on affirmative action for men. br /br /Typically, I would not be for any type of affirmative action. I think people who are qualified, regardless of race and gender, should be admitted to these universities, end of story. But in today’s PC world, that is not possible. If we admit people based on their gender and race, then we must do it in an equitable way. Men should be represented at colleges in equal numbers to women since they comprise roughly half (a little less these days) of the population.br /br /What do you think?