剑桥5 谢振礼 雅思范文: 男女同额
Cambridge English 5
IELTS Writing Task 2
Topic:
Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Essay:
Gender equity policy has long been supported by many universities throughout the world, and policies are in place to promote and maintain gender balance within the campuses. However, on certain subjects, where are the men while on certain subjects, where are the women? In theory, universities should accept equal numbers of men and women, but in practice the male-female ratio remains an enrollment problem.
In theory, it is fair that universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject without any gender discrimination. Almost all universities now provide substantial support for women in an effort to overcome a history of disadvantage within the higher education sector. On the one hand, there is an initiative aims to augment the low female student enrollment (about 15%) in courses related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). Based on the theory of equity, this is to balance the male-female ratio in equal numbers. On the other hand, females have the highest percentage (over 70%) of students in education courses and health-related courses. In this case, universities should take measures to enroll more male students. It is said that many universities are well on their way to achieving parity in the numbers of male and female students.
In practice, the equity theory does not work well as expected. The gendered selections studies show that traditional conceptions and stereotypes regarding men’s and women’s fields of interest are still alive and kicking. This indicates that males and females in modern society continue to grow up with the same expectations regarding gender roles that they had years ago. For example, among the top 200 world-leading institutions, only eight have an even split between men and women. Interestingly, women in some countries are now 35% more likely than men to go to university and the gap is widening every year. If the trends continue, a baby girl born this year will be 75% more likely to go university than a baby boy, which is likely to become the polarized gender divide. Gradually, the number of male students is obviously eclipsed by the number of women.
Speaking of gender equity policy, theory is one thing but practice is quite another. It is clear that men have their favorite subjects and women usually have other subjects of interests. It is difficult to promote and maintain gender balance in universities.
