[lbo-talk] Men are slackers

[Robert Naiman]

The New York Times Magazine had an article this past week on how
women's college achivement is outstripping men's. In addition to
whatever statistics they had, which I don't remember, they had some
anecdotal evidence. They interviewed a woman who had a billion
academic honors, and then they interviewed some guys who said, yeah,
well, we should study, but we'd rather play electronic games.

If this is true, which I have no idea if it is, it would suggest one
possible explanation. Posting on listservs is largely a form of
slacking. If men slack more, it would not be surprising if they post
more on listservs. The opportunity cost of women's time may be higher.
Men may have a higher discount rate.


> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:25:07 -0400
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] Male domination on political listservs
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> A friend on another political listserv noted, with considerable dismay, that
> 90% of the posts are from men.  I couldn't come up with very good reasons
> other than occassional masculinist rhetorical tendencies -- can you?  I find
> this holds on most every political, even academic, listserv I've been on...