The Female Millennium?

The majority of students training to be medics are women http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jun/03/women-doctors-nhs-medicine-review however, it's not just medicine, by 2025 70% of students in HE may be female http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/5459854/Girls-will-take-up-70-per-cent-of-university-places-says-new-study.html higher female achievement is across areas of study http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/its-academic-university-women-are-beating-men-at-almost-everything-1693493.html Its not just the academic world, another recent report found that most volunteers are women http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/News/DailyBulletin/910970/Women-likely-volunteer/40B5E500CDC9CDB8A952DA4593E8866E/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletin and this year, there were two women finalists in Alan Sugar's TV game show, The Apprentice. So, what's the young male in the street's reaction to this crisis? Dumbing down seems to be in fashion; don't knock it, it's a start and some do it very well http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/bullied-boys-why-bright-lads-are-being-picked-on-1684266.html However, some researchers are suggesting that this male failure to thrive is rooted in their experience of modern schooling and is illustrated by GCSE studies http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jun/07/gender-gap-university-boys with further discussion at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/07/boys-academic-gap-education-gender or maybe its time to restart the drones club, day care for young men