Originally posted by Scribble
I don't really see why, seems kind of insulting to women. Most of the people in school that I knew who needed extra time in exams were guys (me included, didn't get it though, bastards).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/01/22/oxford-university-gives-women-time-pass-exams/
Even if they thought women specifically needed it I don't know why they would actually come out and say it lol. They could of just spun some bullshit about how everyone will benefit from extra time.
Originally posted by SurturI support the decision generally, I suppose. If adding 15 minutes to an exam helps people achieve the grade they deserve I say go for it. Places of education are meant to be there to help people achieve after all, not to be some kind of intelligence bar to measure people by.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/01/22/oxford-university-gives-women-time-pass-exams/Even if they thought women specifically needed it I don't know why they would actually come out and say it lol. They could of just spun some bullshit about how everyone will benefit from extra time.
I don't know much else about the specifics of how Maths and Computer Science (the only exams that were affected) exams work though, so I can't say much else really.
Originally posted by SurturThe wage gap does exist in that sense in a lot of ways though, even if it doesn't work that way across the board. The most obvious example is in Hollywood, where often the lead male actor gets paid more than the female lead actor, for basically no reason at all.
I have to admit I was laughing at the 6 men from the BBC who took pay cuts because equality, lol. That damn wage gap(that doesn't exist in the way most think, but this inconvenient truth is irrelevant).