The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men

By C. Sommers. 2000

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Male Primary Teachers and Perceptions of Masculinity (2003, background): “There are various ways in which this ‘feminisation’ is perceived to be taking place but the main issue is the predominance of women teachers which has been argued to have led to primary schools favouring girls and ‘girls’ learning styles’ over those of boys (Biddulph, 1998; Hoff-Sommers, 2000).”
“It's Easier to Be Yourself When You Are Invisible”: Female College Students Discuss Their Online Classroom Experiences (2002, result): “While some have challenged the claims made in these reports (Epstein, 1988; Sommers, 2000; Young, 1999), recent research suggests that there continue to be significant differences in the ways males and females experience the classroom (Jones, Evans, Byrd & Campbell, 2000; Pollack, 1998; Warrington”
“Putting My Man Face On”: A Grounded Theory of College Men’s Gender Identity Development (2009, background): “53 In response to these critical perspectives, some authors have received great attention for confusing the critiques of traditional masculinity and patriarchal systems with attacks on men, claiming that feminism has gone too far and that now men are the real victims of sexism (e.g., Bly, 1992; Farr”
Early gender differences in self-regulation and academic achievement. (2009, background): “Some distal explanations include a change in societal expectations for females as professionals, classroom structures that suit the talents of girls, a female advantage in self-discipline and interpersonal skills, inherent bias in teacher expectations and curricula, and childhood socialization facto”
The Problem of Boys' Literacy Underachievement: Raising Some Questions (2010, background): “Although alarmist voices claim that boys as a homogeneous group are victims of the “war against boys” (Sommers, 2000), and populist explanations of boys’ underachievement in the literacy classroom rely heavily on the biological make-up of boys and a lack of male role models, it is important to…”
Raising boys' achievement (2005, background): “A variety of different explanations have been offered, and the gender gap is variously construed as resulting from: brain differences between girls and boys (Sommers 2000, Gurian, 2001), with links to boys' testosterone and the 'natural' development of boys (Biddulph, 1998).”
Determinants of Individual Differences and Gender Differences in Knowledge. (2001, background): “Note that the controversy about whether girls are treated differently from boys in the classroom is not addressed by these two factors, for which course enrollment patterns are not diagnostic (eg, see discussions by American Association of University Women, 1992; Sommers, 2000).”