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Controversial opinion here (maybe?) but I think the purge of men from education has had a real impact on child behavior and learning. https://www.theatlantic.c
by trident5000 4y ago
Controversial opinion here (maybe?) but I think the purge of men from education has had a real impact on child behavior and learning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/the-explosion-of-women-teachers/582622/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/the-ex...
"...men continued to make up most of the high-school teaching force until the late 1970s"
Humans are still largely primal and male presence tends to instill respect and behavior changes in younger people; I suspect the absence of it has not helped the current situation in many schools.
- _vdpp 4y agoIn that time I think we see a pretty big decline in the ratio of boys:girls graduating college too, no?
- trident5000 4y agoI think this is absolutely part of what causes the phenomenon. Broadly speaking boys need male mentorship.