The War Against Boys (46 page)

emotional disengagement theories in,
117
–20,
121
,
122
–23,
126
,
139
–40,
142

emotional “reconnection” efforts in,
139
–40,
141
–42,
143
–44,
145
,
146

ethical questions on,
66
,
70
,
73
,
124
,
144

Faludi's “masculinity crisis” claims and,
137
–38,
139
,
175

freeing boys from masculine stereotypes in,
114
,
115
,
122
–24,
157

Gilligan's influence on,
115
–16,
118
–19,
121
–24,
126
,
138

male resistance to,
68
–69,
139
,
145

patriarchal social order criticized in,
115
–20,
121
–22,
123
,
124
,
139
,
175
,
176
,
178
,
180
,
203

Pollack's “boys-in-crisis” hypothesis in,
127
–33,
134
,
135
–37,
188
,
231
n

social origins of gender identity argument in,
65
–68,
70
–73,
201

violence prevention programs in,
53
,
54
–55,
56

“women-centered” pedagogy in,
76
–79

Reviving Ophelia
(Pipher),
12
,
29
,
77
,
97
,
136

Ricardo (ninth grader),
9

Riley, Richard,
188

Rivers, Caryl,
22

Rochester Institute of Technology,
166

Rose, Amanda,
142
–43

Rosin, Hanna,
203
–4

rough-and-tumble play (R&T),
41
–43,
44
–45,
67
,
76
,
201
–2

Ruby, Allen,
192

Ruddick, Sara,
108

Ryder, Norman B.,
173

Sadker, David,
68
–69,
97
,
102
,
104
,
210
n
,
227
n

Sadker, Myra,
68
–69,
97
,
102
,
104
,
210
n
,
227
n

Saltzman, Amy,
102

Sandy Hook Elementary School,
52
,
189

San Francisco Chronicle,
53

Santiago, Ralph,
8
,
9
,
10

SAT exams,
15
,
16
,
93
,
94

Sattel, Sue,
54
–55,
56

Saturday Today,
134
–35

Sax, Leonard,
81

Scherzer, Kevin,
176
,
177
–78,
197

Scherzer, Kyle,
176
,
177
,
197

SchoolGirls
(Orenstein),
76
–79

school shootings,
46
,
50
,
52
,
59
,
127
,
128
,
133
,
134
,
135
–36,
187
–90,
238
n

Schools Our Children Deserve, The
(Kohn),
150

School Violence
(Cornell),
50

Schuster, Sharon,
100

Science,
83
,
84
,
85
,
86
,
151

Science Daily,
43

Science News,
100

Scientific American,
67

Scotland,
168

See, Carolyn,
97

Seles, Monica,
79

self-esteem,
8
,
140
,
145
,
146
,
149
,
152
,
193

of boys,
101
,
128
,
129
,
152
,
232
n

girls' alleged loss of,
12
,
76
,
78
,
98
–101,
147
,
231
n
,
232
n

juvenile delinquency and inflated sense of,
145
,
179

self-esteem movement,
11
,
76
,
98
–101,
126
,
140
,
144
,
145
–46,
157
,
181
,
184
,
194
,
195
,
231
n,
232
n

controversial studies in,
12
,
99
–103,
106

questionable morality of,
145
–46

removal of competitive games and,
40
–41,
63

research contradicting thesis of,
104
–7

Seoul, Korea,
85

separation anxiety disorder,
130
–31,
231
n

serial killers,
55

sex differences,
204

in academic achievement,
12
–20,
22
–25,
27
–28,
34
–38,
83
,
105
,
152
,
153
,
210
n
–11
n

acknowledgement of, as taboo topic,
1
–2,
82
,
201

in aggression,
62
,
67
,
221
n

antisocial behavior and,
172
–73

biological theories on,
66
,
67
,
72
,
74
–76,
80
–81,
117

in brain anatomy,
80
–81

in emotional styles,
39
,
141
,
142
–43

feminist criticisms of research on,
80
,
81

as historical justification for patriarchal social order,
80
–81

in IQ distribution,
168
–69,
168

in learning styles,
2
,
19
,
37
,
82
,
154
–55,
201

in moral reasoning,
107
–9,
112
,
117
,
126
,
172
,
180
–81,
229
n

in play preferences,
41
,
42
,
44
,
64
,
67
,
70
,
72
,
73
,
75
,
89
–90,
141

in primates,
67
,
75
–76

in reading preferences,
87
,
153
,
154
,
155
,
156
–57

in sexual promiscuity,
131
–32

social origins theory on,
65
–68,
70
–73,
74

in social skills and maturity,
36
–37,
38
,
169
,
197

in suspension rates,
47

in test-taking skills,
169
–70

tolerance and respect for,
44
,
63
,
73
,
88
,
89
–90,
201
,
204
–5

in vocational preferences,
9
,
10
,
26
,
27
,
75
,
162
–63,
164
,
166
–67

see also
gender gap

sex discrimination,
11
,
26
,
60
,
74
,
101
,
162
,
164
,
214
n

studies on, in education,
11
,
12
,
100
,
101
–3,
210
n
,
227
n

sexism,
2
,
11
,
53
,
74
,
78

single-sex schooling as,
84
,
85
–86

sex segregation,
5
,
11
,
64
,
84
,
87

in play behavior,
66
,
89

in vocational schools,
11
,
162
,
164
,
170

see also
single-sex schooling

sexual assault,
51
,
57
,
58
,
62
,
165
,
174
–80,
203
,
220
n

sexual harassment,
78
–79,
176

preventative programs on,
55
–56

zero-tolerance policies on,
60
–62

sexual promiscuity,
131
–32

Shaw, Roberta,
133

Shehan, Billy,
179

Sherwin, Galen,
83

shoplifting,
181

shortchanged-girl movement,
see
girl-crisis movement

Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America
(AAUW report),
99
–101

Shriver, Maria,
134
,
135

Simmons, Roberta,
100

Simon, Sidney,
183

single-sex schooling,
1
,
2
,
4
–5,
19
,
81
–88,
152
–54,
171

“boy-friendly” pedagogy in,
4
,
81
,
88

critics of,
4
–5,
82
,
83
–88

gender stereotypes as allegedly promoted in,
82
,
83
,
84

test scores and,
82
–83,
85

Sizer, Nancy,
182
–83,
185

Sizer, Theodore,
182
–83,
185

Smith, Susan,
135

Smith, Tom,
138

Snyder, Thomas,
12
,
18
,
19

sociopaths,
178
,
179
,
188
,
190
,
203

Sommers, David,
39
,
139
–40

Son's Day,
53
,
54
,
56
,
203

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,
166
–67

Soviet Union,
160

special education programs,
211
n

Spelke, Elizabeth,
74

sports,
57
,
165
,
166

“spread” phenomenon,
15
–16,
25
,
168
–69

Springfield, Oregon school shooting,
135

Spur Posse,
137
,
174
,
175
,
178
–80

Stafford, Tim,
196

State of Our Nation's Youth 1998–99
(Horatio Alger Association study),
228
n

Stein, Nan,
55
,
56

Steinem, Gloria,
80
,
81

Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
(Faludi),
137
–38,
139

Stotsky, Sandra,
156
–57

Subrata, Levina,
60

Success for Boys,
2
,
156
,
171

suicide,
134
,
138

Sum, Andrew,
24

Summers, Lawrence,
74
,
81

“superpredator” myth,
2
,
49
,
50
,
51
,
52
,
53

Supreme Court, US,
185
–86

suspensions,
4
,
14
,
45
,
46
,
47
,
60
–61,
186
,
191
,
198
,
211
n

school failure as potentially linked to,
47
–48,
49

zero-tolerance policies and rising rates of,
47

Sweden,
8
,
173

tag games,
40
,
44
,
55
–56,
61
,
63

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,
53

Take Our Daughters to Work Day,
11
,
54
,
98
–99,
106

talk therapy,
144
–45

Talk with Me Barbie,
141

Tannen, Deborah,
41

Taylor, Nicholas,
46

Taylor-Thompson, Kim,
180

teachers' assessments,
36
–38,
37

Teach Kids, Not Stereotypes,
87

Ten Commandments,
143

testing, test scores,
15
–16,
17
–18,
35
–36,
37
,
151

single-sex schooling in raising of,
82
–83,
85

“spread” phenomenon in,
15
–16,
25
,
168
–69

young boys at disadvantage in,
169
–70

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT),
130

therapism,
144
–45