Modern Misogyny: Anti-Feminism in a Post-Feminist Era by Kristin J. Anderson

Author:Kristin J. Anderson [Anderson, Kristin J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-08-26T00:00:00+00:00

Entitlement and the Privilege to Underperform

We do a great disservice to boys in how we raise them. We stifle the humanity of boys. We define masculinity in a very narrow way. Masculinity becomes this hard small cage and we put boys inside the cage. We teach boys to be afraid of fear. We teach boys to be afraid of weakness, of vulnerability.

—CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE, 201284

So if boys are getting plenty of teacher attention and the curriculum is geared toward them, why do boys tend to earn lower grades and go to college in fewer numbers than girls? There may be several reasons but two are presented here. First, school is considered a feminine environment, doing well in schools is inconsistent with masculinity. A second reason is the problem of male entitlement.

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