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...fact, male faculty and administrators had feared a legal merger would eventually require a one-to-one male-to-female ratio...
...continue to liberate themselves from their traditional place in the home. During the World Wars, when women were forced to do tasks performed by men, their crime rate went up. "When the men came back, as they did after the wars," Radzinowicz says, "this criminality receded to its normal ratio. This is one of criminology's few laws. Any member of society who starts to take an increasing role in the economic and social life of that society will be more exposed to crime and will have more opportunities and therefore will become more vulnerable and more prone...
...Black family income is declining in relation to white family income. Nationally, nonwhite families earn about $7,100, only 62% of what white families earn; the ratio has dropped two percentage points in the past two years...
...urban family of four), while 1.6 million whites climbed above it. More than a third of all blacks-almost the same proportion as in 1968 -are now classed as poor, compared with 9% of whites. One reason for the disparity: the old 2-to-l ratio of black-to-white unemployment has reappeared after declining in 1970 and 1971. Unemployment now strikes 9.3% of the nonwhite labor force and 4.1% of the white labor force...
...ratio of men to women did not produce a much higher ratio at The Crimson, nor did The Crimson seem inclined to lead the way for the rest of the country by choosing a woman president. Two women have achieved the position of managing editor, but women still exist as a minority at The Crimson today...