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[raxxorraxor]

You want to limit access to education because of dating? In the 21st century where you can meet people from thousands of miles away within minutes?

I heavily doubt this is a justified incentive to prescribe quotas. If university was for dating, I probably wouldn't have picked computer science and electrical engineering.

Even if it may feel different some times, universities aren't a breeding ground where dads can put their daughters to get engaged.

[gnicholas → raxxorraxor]

I didn't say I want to limit access to education because of dating. I said that it's one possible consideration.

> If university was for dating, I probably wouldn't have picked computer science and electrical engineering.

I also never suggested people choose a major in order to date (that would seem extreme — though I definitely knew people who signed up for specific classes for this purpose!).

And I also didn't suggest that I would send my daughters to university to get engaged — that's a straw man. Instead, I pointed out that my daughters themselves probably wouldn't want to go to a school where the dating prospects are dismal. My guess is that most people would feel the same way!

Most importantly, I was not in any way indicating that this should be required (which would "limit access to education," as you refer to it). I'm just pointing out that schools could have rational reasons for not admitting students on a sex-blind basis, and that perhaps it shouldn't be knee-jerkingly rejected.

> In the 21st century where you can meet people from thousands of miles away within minutes?

This is not how college students want to date, FYI. I say this as someone who has been in multiple long-distance relationships, and eventually a long-distance marriage (but met these girlfriends locally, like most people do).