well how suprising feminists trying to downplay the boys crisis heavenforbid any attention goes boys education no we can’t have that keep trying feminists the actuall statistics and proof will always be on our side though

This article is a typical feminist response. The moment some light is shed on the problems of men or boys, a certain brand of feminist rises up to insist that, indeed, there is no problem. They simply cannot stand the fact that boys might get some overdue attention.

Yes, the problem is especially severe in the black community and in certain other ethnic groups as well. By saying there is no ‘boy crisis’ the authors would consign boys from these groups to a life of underachievement. Boys in these groups are in desperate need of help now.

And the problem exists beyond these groups but perhaps not as glaringly. Why is it that in most high schools across the country the preponderance of scholarships, valedictorians, advanced placement and honors students are female? Why aren’t boys achieving in roughly the same proportion as girls? Could it be that so much attention has been lavished on girls over the past thirty-five years that boys have been left behind and ignored (I realize that this is only one of many reasons contributing to boys underachieving)? Of course another brand of feminist rises up at this suggestion (I’ve seen it on many discussion board and in a few letters to the editor of my local newspaper) to say it’s about time the boys learned what it’s like to be second class as girls have been. As if this type of thinking addresses the problem! Trying to figure out what’s gone wrong rather than seeking revenge for past wrongs should be everyone’s focus.

We cannot afford to have a large corps of undereducated people - whether boys or girls of any race. This will only create a greater number of social problems down the line. In particular, a large number of undereducated, low achieving young men is not healthy for society. We will pay the price one way or the other.

And with regard to college enrollments, yes the proportion of white males and females is roughly equal in Ivy League schools and many state universities. But many smaller schools, especially those that focus on liberal arts, are having great difficulty maintaining any semblance of parity between males and females. And anyhow, colleges are at the receiving end of the line and can only deal with an applicant pool that that high schools create. As boys continue to underachieve at the elementary and high school level the proportion of males and females entering colleges is only likely to widen in the future. Maybe when college enrollments skew to 70% female or more (and this isn’t an unlikely future scenario) people like the authors of this article will finally accept the fact that there is a ‘boy crisis.’