Casual sex grooming

Re: “Covid-19 hastens university revolution”, (BP, July 19).

The article by Dumrongkiat Mala was interesting, but it ignored a subject which deserves attention.

Thai universities have a skewed gender problem.

In American Universities when the enrolment of women exceeds that of men by a ratio of 60 to 40, school is often correctly labelled as a party school where “hookup culture” prevails.

Casual sex becomes even more common as that ratio widens.

Many American schools are making an effort to recruit more men.

Yet, because of my interest in demography (Chulalongkorn University’s College of Population Studies) I obtained a copy of enrolment records for Thai university students in 2015. I doubt anything has changed since then.

Women in Thai schools significantly outnumber men often 70-30 ratios.

In a Rajabhat university near my home there are five schools.

Four of them have a wide majority of women exceeding men and only one has more men than women but by a tiny margin.

I look at this as being one of many ways which helps to explain other social issues Thailand is known for.

JOHN KANE