Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree

The debate on

gender

-based

college

admissions has been a trending topic lately, along with the inclusion of

Gender

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Equality

Bill as

this

year's legislative priority list. In the aforementioned bill, it is proposed that colleges must admit the same proportion of men and

women

. Generally, I am of

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that

such

proposal

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is admissible as it would accelerate the

gender

equality

efforts, but some reservations would need to be made to prevent possible imbalances in the future.

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admission

policy

is one of the best tools universities have to promote

gender

equality

and ensure that those who are

otherwise

shut out of the nation’s postsecondary system have a chance to earn a quality degree. For much of our nation’s history, elite universities were largely reserved for wealthy, predominantly male. The current male and female students’ ratio is 65:45, and the gap is even bigger in some certain majors, particularly the STEM department. Affirmative action

such

as the proposed sex-based

college

entrance selection is not something new. Soon after the Reformation Era in

late

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90s, parliament has introduced a similar

policy

for the election, which requires

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a political

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party

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parties

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to enlist at least 30%

women

legislative

candidate

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. Since

then

,

women

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women's

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participation at the parliament has risen significantly, where 23% of the congress members are now

women

, tripled the 1997 number where the parliament only had 7%

congress

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women

.

However

,

such

policy

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proposal

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proposals

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should be decided prudently. It could lead to a new unwanted injustice as it may

deprived

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certain

other group

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another group

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of their best

college

opportunity. It may

then

lead to students, particularly

male

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males

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, demotivation as they may lose hope in their chance to get their best possible education. Details

such

as whether the above proposal applies to all majors in all colleges, what is the ideal

gender

ratio, and how long the referred affirmative action proposal will be applied must be carefully determined. In conclusion, I believe that the

gender

-based

college

admission

policy

is a good bid towards achieving the

gender

equality

goal.

However

, the

policy makers

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should decide

this

topic very carefully, as several limitations will need to be made to avert any possible unintended consequences in the future.