let's not act like CanadianHope was lobbying for special treatment for males..
All I saw was him inquiring about admission chances, and a possible factor that affects those chances.. I don't see much wrong with that...
If you were of aboriginal descent, wouldn't you like to know whether that might positively affect your admission chances at certain schools?
Wouldn't you wanna know what your chances are In-State vs. what your In-state chances would be if you moved to a different state?
You haven't contributed anything in order to be born in that state. You haven't earned anything by moving states..
Inquiring about certain admission factors does not imply support for it..
Do I have better chances where I live than somebody else does applying internationally to a place like RCVM? Hell yeah, and I'm glad I do..
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Do you really want to go around the rest of your life thinking that you were accepted only/mostly because you are a guy? I'd feel much more self-worth and pride if I were accepted based on my accomplishments and perseverance, and not my gender.
That's a bit of an extreme characterization.. I don't think anyone realistically expects an applicant would be taken
mostly because of gender
If it were a factor in any given instance, I think it would likely be on the range of being a slight edge factor, i.e. contributing a tiny fraction to the total applicant ranking
Do I personally think it's a factor? No, not significantly and not in any trend.
There are likely many many more instances of people being accepted based on attractiveness than people being accepted based on gender..
Is this a nefarious shadow puppet-master group at play?
No, it's minor biases rooted in human psychology, rarely apparent to the host..