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Where's the analysis, though? Why is the educational system geared towards a disadvantage for boys? I get it that the implication is puberty, which typically o
by choeger 4y ago
Where's the analysis, though? Why is the educational system geared towards a disadvantage for boys?
I get it that the implication is puberty, which typically occurs later in boys. But that proposed change would only pull it from, say, 6th grade to 5th. That alone cannot be it, can it? So what's the cause of the problem?
- oaiey 4y agoTeachers are over-proportional female and schools typically do not foster aggressive (as in deterministic not bullying/hitting/...) behavior. In higher schools there is female-oriented mentoring which is not available for men in equal organized way. I am neither an expert, but this is common knowledge (at least in Germany). There is nothing too hard about it but like all things gender inequality it is about the paper cuts.
- belorn 4y agoSince the inequality last well past puberty, and historically the roles was reversed, the issue seems to have very little to do with biology. Historically people has always looked to biology to explain social inequality, and time and time again we view those historically as failed science. Race, hormones, and the female psyche where all used as scapegoats to explain cultural phenomenons. One of the biggest changes culturally in education is that women became overwhelming dominant in the teaching profession. Studies show that when women grade girls, or when men grade boys, the result get biased in favor of the teachers own gender. In addition, the mono gender in education has created an environment where teaching and culture causes a toxic mix. We can only look to other professions where 80-90% of the employees has the same gender and see how that effects the work culture.
- cassianoleal 4y ago> Where's the analysis, though? Probably in the book and in the subsequent releases of his newsletter.