Where'd all the men go?

Speakers and several of you have commented about the overwhelming number of women in the class compared to men.

Essayist Nancy Gibbs in Time magazine 4/14 writes that 58 percent of undergraduates nationally are female right now. In a few years the ratio will probably tip to 60/40. Black men are outnumbered on campus by black females 2 to 1.

The essay was not as strong on reasons as it was on numbers.

As to journalism, New Media Women Entrepreneurs, a project of the McCormick Tribune
Foundation (all that by way of letting you as readers know the numbes look credible):

Women make up two-thirds of all J-School students -- but only one-third of the full-time journalism workforce.

Also:

only 15 percent of executive leaders and 12 percent of board members in top communications companies

just 40 percent of the TV news workforce and 25 percent of TV news directors

and only 14 percent of Sunday morning TV talk show guests.