The War Against Boys : How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men
de Christina Hoff Sommers
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An updated and revised edition of the controversial classicâÈ'now more relevant than everâÈ'argues that boys are the ones languishing socially and academically, resulting in staggering social and economic costs. Girls and women were once second-class citizens in the nationâÈçs schools. Americans responded w ith 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. Christina Hoff Sommers contends that itâÈçs time to take a hard look at present-day realities and recognize that boys need help. Called âÈêprovocative and controversial . . . impassioned and articulateâÈë ( The Christian Science M onitor), this edition of The War Against Boys offers a new preface and six radically revised chapters, plus updates on the current status of boys throughout the book. Sommers argues that the problem of male underachievement is persistent and worsening. Among the new topics Sommers tackles: how the war against boys is harming our economic future, and how boy-averse trends such as the decline of recess and zero-tolerance disciplinary policies have turned our schools into hostile environments for boys. As our schools become more feelings-centered, risk-averse, competition-free, and sedentary, they move further and further from the characteristic needs of boys. She offers realistic, achievable solutions to these problems that include boy-friendly pedagogy, character and vocational education, and the choice of single-sex classrooms. The War Against Boys is an incisive, rigorous, and heartfelt argument in favor of recognizing and confronting a new reality: boys are languishing in education and the price of continued neglect is economically and socially prohibitive.
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- Título
- The War Against Boys : How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men
- Autor
- Christina Hoff Sommers
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 4
- ISBN 10
- 0684849569
- ISBN 13
- 9780684849560
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2000
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