The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men
Christina Hoff Sommers, "The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men"
English | ISBN: 1451644183 | 2013 | 269 pages | AZW3 | 1292 KB
English | ISBN: 1451644183 | 2013 | 269 pages | AZW3 | 1292 KB
An updated and revised edition of the controversial classic, now more relevant than ever, argues that boys are the ones languishing socially and academically, resulting in staggering social and economic costs.
An updated and revised edition of the controversial classic—now more relevant than ever—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 nation’s 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 it’s time to take a hard look at present-day realities and recognize that boys need help. Called “provocative and controversial . . . impassioned and articulate” (
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