Should universities recruit the same numbers of female
and male students in every subject? While some may respond
positively, a lot more others nod their heads, saying the
restriction is ridiculous. As far as I am concerned, though men and
women should gain equal educational opportunities, accepting equal
numbers of boys and girls in each subject is unnecessary and
impossible.
The main reason is that boys and girls, possibly
blessed with different modes of thinking, may represent divergent
talents to learn. Studies show that most boy studnets are better at
such courses of science as mathematics, physics,chemistry, biology
and alike, making them superior specialists in these fields while
in the study of language, females show their stronger side, making
them outstanding translators, lawyers, teachers and orators.
Therefore, it is meaningless to intentionally force these innocent
students to struggle in their weaknesses.
Another reason is that physical conditions may
facilitate boys in some subjects while exclude their female peers.
Everyone knows mining as a subject naturally needs more boys than
girls, so does piloting a plane. In contrast, no one denies that
women, careful, patient and sympathetic, are by nature good at
housekeeping, child rearing and nursing. To put such a number
restriction is simply to act against one’s nature, and not
surprisingly, the policy will turn out to be a
laughingstock.
We should also pay close attention to the serious
imbalance in the numbers of males and females in the contempory
society, especially in china, where girls greatly outnumber boys,
for traditionally, the latter are regarded as the props of their
families. So even if universities really plan to enlist the same
numbers of boy and girl students, there may not be the same numbers
of female and male students there to be choosen.
From what has been discussed above, we may draw the
conclusion that accepting equal numbers of male and female students
in every subject is unnecessary and impossible.(324W)