Last year, the Atlantic reported that in 2020, U.S. colleges enrolled 1.5 million fewer students than five years prior and that men accounted for over 70% of the decline. Every year since the mid-1980s, women have earned more bachelor's degrees than men.

Cox suggested that the formal educational outpacing of men by women is reflected in the gendered delta in liberal identification, largely because "of the stronger connection between educational attainment ( aka brainwashing and indoctrination) and political behavior." This has been demonstrated in recent elections, where women have "become a much more loyal Democratic constituency."