Myth of the Boy Crisis

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<p>Remember this thread about the boy crisis? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=140487[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=140487&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Now comes a counterattack, as reported in the Washington Post in this story: <a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/07/AR2006040702025.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/07/AR2006040702025.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In brief: “The boy crisis we’re hearing about is largely a manufactured one, the product of both a backlash against the women’s movement and the media’s penchant for continuously churning out news about the latest dire threat to the nation. . . .”</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for posting that, Mac!</p>

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<p>I do think that there is a “boy issue” but I don’t think the schools are much at fault. I think it has become a cultural thing. England is experiencing the same thing - they call it “ladism” (sp) which is a word play on the word “lad”. In England they have too many males who are not seeking higher education because they are like “perpetual children” and not interested in really 'growing up" and preparing for a career.</p>

<p>The fact that so many Asian American males and some white and “other” males HAVE been able to do well in math/science and move on to college suggests that it isn’t the schools. I think it is the parents – too many spoiled boys.</p>