This actually has a term: male flight. Men tend to leave spaces that are 60% female or more. open.substack.com/pub/celestemda
talks about this in his book "Of Boys and Men". Colleges will literally give affirmative action to men to attend because if they dip too low in men, men leave. And if there aren't enough men, women leave too and it becomes a death spiral.
Why would men leave spaces that give them more opportunities to successfully find a mate? Well, some evidence suggests it doesn't. Like this study from that shows men in HEAL jobs are less likely to be married. ifstudies.org/blog/getting-m
It's actually not crazy to consider the implications for the church too. When it was female-majority, it was shrinking. Now that it's becoming male-majority, it's becoming "cool" and the decline has stopped. Ala graphsaboutreligion.com/p/america-got-
This means that--while reports of a "revival" are exaggerated-- the new male-majority Gen Z Christianity is a good sign for future growth. Per my article in religionunplugged.com/news/gen-z-rev
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Someone needs to tell America's young men that college is a good place to meet girls. x.com/grantjbailey/s…