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Sunday, May 29, 2005
first time since exams ended when i surfed thru some of my frenz blogs. Haha dear lynette 's blog is damn interesting lah, filled with guys bashing. Check out this article in her blog:
More than 70% of women undergrads polled say male undergrads are immature and whine a lot
By Medha Lim And Liang Kaixin
May 21, 2005HE whines, moans, won't pick up after himself and even brags that mummy and daddy are paying the bills.
Such is the typical male undergraduate. Or so think his female counterparts, anyway.
More than 70 of 100 female undergraduates recently polled by The New Paper say that the men on campus are immature.
Of the remaining number, half felt that the men were mature and the other half had no opinion.
Apart from a few Singapore Management University students, the women surveyed were split equally between the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University. They ranged from first-year students to new graduates.
Most seem to be in agreement with Mr Philip Yeo, chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star).
In a recent interview with The New Paper, he described some Singapore male undergraduates as whiny. Mr Yeo also said that, despite having undergone National Service, Singapore 'boys' were just not mature enough.
Some seem to think, rather, that they have 'paid their dues' during NS and could now slacken when it comes to project work on campus.
But how do these ex-soldier boys hold up, if they have disagreements with female undergraduates?
Third-year engineering student Tan Xue Fen, 20, said: 'I know of this guy who cried during committee meetings when there were disagreements.'
Female students had expected the 23-year-old to be tougher.
There are, roughly, equal numbers of men and women at NTU, NUS and SMU, according to the 2003 intake of the three universities.
But the women complain that they end up with a much larger workload.
Male undergraduates, they say, think nothing of getting their girlfriends to pick up after them.
New business graduate Yeo Xiaoxuan, 21, said friends of hers would rush over to their boyfriends' dormitory rooms to help with domestic chores.
And many female undergraduates interviewed know of men whose parents drive over to clean up their dormitory rooms.
Oh, and what if there's a load of dirty washing?
The men just lug it home - unless, of course, they have girlfriends.
Miss Tan, the engineering student, said her friends have had to wash their boyfriends' clothes. Even their grimy underwear.
And it doesn't get any better in class, say the women.
The men nudge their female classmates and ask to be fed answers - just so they don't come across sounding stupid.
Third-year biological science student Calista Tan, 21, said: 'They don't dare to take risks. They ask the girls to test the waters when asking professors for advice.'
And don't even bother asking the men for an opinion.
The women say male undergraduates can't even decide on what meal to have.
COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN
But the men do excel at one thing, their female counterparts insist.
Whining.
Said Miss Neo Xiao Bin, 22, a third-year communications studies student: 'Most of the guys become full of complaints after NS and they delight in comparing their experiences during that time.
'If we have a war and these guys are the ones to protect us, it'd be quite scary to hear all that complaining.'
Some women had been surprised by the level - or volume, perhaps - of whining.
They had thought that going through NS would have resulted in a more mature outlook.
Indeed the men are so immature that many female students choose to look elsewhere for dates.
Miss Lum Chen Jie, 22, a fourth-year communications studies student, said: 'Undergraduate guys have the mentality that the cheesiest pick-up lines work.
'And their idea of socialising is gathering around telling dirty jokes that they learnt during NS.'
Even if relationships form, the male undergraduates get a very low rating.
And breaking up is hard for them, if the women are to be believed.
Miss Angeline Tang, 20, an third-year accountancy student, said: 'There are guys who will 'die' without their girlfriends when they quarrel or break up.'
It affects their work, and often the men will demand sympathy from their project mates.
Still, Miss Jaclynn Seah, 21, said the women were also to blame.
Said the third-year communications studies student: 'Some friends of mine clean their boyfriends' rooms and do laundry for them without being asked.'
Against this, however, is one last factor. Many of the women said that they expected more from men who were, after all, older than they: Typically, a first-year male undergraduate is - at21 - two years older than his female classmates.
Older, but certainly not more mature. Never mind wiser.
Quipped Miss Huang Xiaojing, a 22-year-old recent arts graduate: '(It is) probably because they hang out with younger girls.
'That's why they have to accommodate the girls' maturity level.'
