The war against boys : how misguided policies are harming our young men / Christina Hoff Sommers.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013Edition: New and revised editionDescription: 269 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781451644180
  • 1451644183
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.235/1 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ797 .S6 2013
Contents:
Preface to new edition -- Where the boys are -- No country for young men -- Guys and dolls -- Carol Gilligan and the incredible shrinking girl -- Gilligan's island -- Save the males -- Why Johnny can't, like, read and write -- The moral life of boys -- War and peace.
Summary: Girls and women were once second class citizens in the nation's schools. Americans responded with concerted efforts to give girls and women the attention and assistance that was long overdue. Now, after two major waves of feminism and decades of policy reform, women have made massive strides in education. Today they outperform men in nearly every measure of social, academic, and vocational well being.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-240) and index.

Preface to new edition -- Where the boys are -- No country for young men -- Guys and dolls -- Carol Gilligan and the incredible shrinking girl -- Gilligan's island -- Save the males -- Why Johnny can't, like, read and write -- The moral life of boys -- War and peace.

Girls and women were once second class citizens in the nation's schools. Americans responded with concerted efforts to give girls and women the attention and assistance that was long overdue. Now, after two major waves of feminism and decades of policy reform, women have made massive strides in education. Today they outperform men in nearly every measure of social, academic, and vocational well being.

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