Boys flunk life 101

[sugarimp]

By Steve Israel, Times Herald-Record

The most profound open secret in our nation, one that will soon rip apart the fabric of our society, is this: Boys are in trouble. They are falling far behind girls in elementary school, in college, in life.An 11th-grade boy now reads and writes at the level of an eighth-grade girl. Just three decades ago,

Comments

[stateofwonder]

Until there are more women CEOs, doctors, lawyers, engineers, professors and politicians than men, I'm not going to worry about it.

[sugarimp]

I know. The article is a bit too sensationalist for my liking.

[pschogrl613]

They've been saying all this stuff for years.

[middle_savagery]

Exactly.

[vegansonja]

I'm with you, really.

[redarmy]

how about "until there just as many women [insert profession here] than men... ?

[itsalljustaride]

i think that was actually implied by what was said. since "when there are more boys than girls" would imply an inequality, so only when there is an inequality will there be cause to worry.

[gaelfarce]

So advocating the systemic alienation and exclusion and outright sexist modern theories makes up or ameliorates anything done to women in the past? That's revenge not equal opportunity. What galls me about this line of argument is that it assumes that since laws were passed a mere 30-40 years ago that everything should be completely integrated and fine now. It takes time to truly change but only a short time to enforce cosmetic changes without truly equalizing the playing field. I prefer the long term solution rather than short term social spackle.

[billydontrat]

"long term social spackle". I like that. It reminds me of a Dr. Who episode, actually. "It's like a socio-political abcess, Dr." "Abcess? Yawning chasm is more like it."