Women at Oxford are getting fewer Firsts in Classics for a reason, and lowering standards will make things worse

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Classics (Literae Humaniores or ‘Greats’) is among the oldest degrees at Oxford University.

 

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rogueclassicist I wish I could read this behind the pay wall 😩

Is that a bust of Lord Digby Jones?

By lowering the standards they're just admitting women are not as smart or driven as men... Thus enforcing the stereotype that men are better then women

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