| BJM, I posted to you in the Johns Hopkins thread about this. I, too, have read Reviving Ophelia, although I think that has more to do with the unique emotional/social problems encountered by preteen and teenage girls.
Girls do indeed lack the self-confidence of boys as they navigate early adulthood, and schools like Smith empower them. Academically, however, girls are thriving. As I see it, the real problem is after college. Women's colleges such as Smith restore some of that naturally lost self-confidence and get women in the habit of taking charge. Once they hit the career world, then they are ready to use their talents to their fullest. |