Letters to the Editor
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Conflating two different problems
'As for the specific question of whether boys are being hurt by the past 15 years' educational trends, the study points out that the number of boys graduating from high school and college is at an all-time high. It also suggests that "perhaps the most compelling argument against a boys' crisis is that men continue to outearn women in the workplace." '
Haven't read the study yet but read the article in the Times this morning. I'm appalled at the weak and manipulative reasoning being put forth.
To say that boys are not being hurt by the advancement of girls is NOT the same thing as there not being a "boy crisis."
I wouldn't be able to provide stats off the top of my head here to document whether there is or isn't a boy crisis as I understand the term, so I won't claim to know...but I think our culture treats boys just as abominably, albeit in different ways, as it treats girls. (I actually remember a middle school gym class during which a visiting coach from the high school flat-out told the boys that they better play a team sport if they "wanted to be anybody" in high school.)
To say that there is a "boy crisis" is not the same as saying--and there's no reason it necessarily implies--that it's the fault of gains made by girls. And to find that boys haven't been hurt by attention paid to girls does not mean that they're not in trouble.