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Re:Need help with students who've turned my class into a dat... by makeitdouble on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:37PM (#34591190)
I assume you are using that phrasing as a proxy for "they want to date".

To note, chosing a field with higher ratio of women can be good for completely different reasons. After spending years in almost 100% male environments, moving to more balanced and diverse environments was like night and day, the toxicity was mostly gone, discussions and communication would be more interesting etc. I heard the same for women moving away from women only places as well.

So yes, looking at the ratio can be plenty helpful outside of any dating concern.

Re:Need help with students who've turned my class into a dat... by troupe on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:43PM (#34591235)
In this case the student wanted to eventually get married and figured his chances were less if he was spending most of his time in classes of mostly males. So it was more of thinking that if he choose a degree path that resulted in fewer female friends, his odds of meeting the right person to marry were lower.