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Male/female ratio in Psychology

At most of the open days I attended when choosing my Uni, there were about 30 girls there, and only around 3 guys there. Is the ratio really this biased on the actual undergraduate courses, or are girls just more willing to trek half way across the country to attend an open day? I know Psychology is more of a female subject, but the ratio was a lot worse (or different) than I was expecting.

Reply 1

daggy

Phwoarrr I hope so....
10 to 1 chance of pulling :O :P
Nah I dunno to be fai, but I wouldn't worry about it, even if your course has lots more of one sex, if its the course you wanna do, why worry?
Plus surely the Uni will try and balance it all out?

Reply 2

Lolly-88

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Psychology is typically more of a 'female' subject. It's like that at most universities.

Reply 3

vanillawick

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When I went for the UCL interview there was about 80 girls and about 4 boys, all of whom looked gay! Hopefully there'll be some talent in the halls!xxx

Reply 4

Robbolo

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Looks like ill have to make it clear Im straight...but this sounds like heaven! :p:

Reply 5

Melana

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Out of 125 of us here, there's eleven guys, I think. Very easy to get female attention though.....

Reply 6

louisedotcom

13

I never really noticed on open days actually.
The ones I went to seemed relatively balanced although in female favour.
Having said that to be fair, looking back and thinking about the guys I remember the words 'Suspiciously camp' come to mind :|

Reply 7

Robbolo

13

must....fight....stereotype!

EDIT: Actually....i fit very well into the 'suspiciously camp' collective, but that doesnt make me gay!

Reply 8

rusticated

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Robbolo

Looks like ill have to make it clear Im straight...but this sounds like heaven! :p:

I'm going to the same Uni as my girlfriend, so it'll end up being more of a distraction to me than heaven. :biggrin:

Hopefully not too many people will look at Psychology and see it as a 'gay' subject just because of the ratio. I've had enough people in 6th form see it as an 'easy' subject, when it's pretty damn difficult!

Reply 9

rusticated

OP

louisedotcom

I never really noticed on open days actually.
The ones I went to seemed relatively balanced although in female favour.
Having said that to be fair, looking back and thinking about the guys I remember the words 'Suspiciously camp' come to mind :|

Maybe I'll keep this in mind for my 3rd year project. Do only 'suspiciously camp' males wish to take Psychology? :p:

Reply 10

alwaysagoth100

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Hey what’s it like at Sheffield, is it mainly female doing psychology. I am not complaining!

Reply 11

daggy

Gender issues could be an interesting subject then :P

Reply 12

Deus

14

Alwaysagoth, when I went to an open day, I was one of 3 males out of a vast ocean of women. Also, I happened to be the only non-English student there, and the fact that I spoke fluent french as well as not having a pure british accent was apparently impressive. Haha.

I also visited Bath and they too have an 80-85% women population in psychology. I also asked each university for an explanation, and none of them could give me a good reason.

At Nottingham it was the same thing, with 80% women total.

But as people have said here, I won't complain.

EDIT: However, I do believe that girls are more willing to travel long distances for an open day. Lazy bums unite!

Reply 13

8owman

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At Durham I think the ratio is 4:1 (female:male)

Reply 14

Custer

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Ya thats why all short guys become psychologists, since its now a female dominated profession and so they fit in (heightwise).

I think also because men now go for psychiatry over psychology more, since its more prestigous and well paid (being a doctor and all). :P:

Reply 15

Robbolo

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kastro9

Ya thats why all short guys become psychologists, since its now a female dominated profession and so they fit in (heightwise).

Short??? Im not short :frown:

Am I?? 5'8''....youve upset me now!! Im not short dammit!! :mad:

Gah...you'll pay for this!

Reply 16

Custer

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lol, i didnt mean that every guy that does psychology is short, im jus saying that lots of short guys do psychology now. There was a whole article about it in some psy magazine i read at the dentists lol.