"Many educators merely advocate prescribing more attention-focusing Ritalin for the boys, who receive the drug at four to eight times the rate of girls.."

Ted8367 · 2013-07-21T07:42:23+00:00

Last April, when Kenneth Dragseth, superintendent of schools in Edina, Minn., presented a paper describing his district's gender gap at the American Educational Research Association's annual meeting in Chicago, he says the reception ranged from chilly to hostile. Female education researchers in the audience questioned whether helping boys would mean hurting girls.

Feminism in action.

Mylon · 2013-07-21T11:30:00+00:00

Boys lack advocates. The special efforts made by schools to steer more girls into advanced math and science classes came after powerful advocacy groups embraced the problem. But Gurian and other advocates for boys say they run into resistance from educators who point to males' success in the workforce as proof that advocacy for boys is unnecessary.

Other words educators are not aware of delay effect of things and how slow it can happen. With the education gap as it is it I bet you in 10 years time (which is short really) you will see women pretty much dominating the professional careers more and that jobs that require a 4 year degree. When that day comes I can only wonder what the reaction would be, as some feminist today think the education gap is fine and dandy.

markgbx · 2013-07-21T04:49:37+00:00

Something more recent: http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/radical-increase-in-kids-prescribed-ritalin/

Frank_N_Berry · 2013-07-21T15:12:06+00:00

I think the MRM needs to draw more attention to these types of issues (over-prescription of Ritalin, overly broad-based definitions of autism, and in general the medicalization of simply being male).

Like it or not, in the early stages of this movement, boys will get more sympathy and attention than men.

Title	"Many educators merely advocate prescribing more attention-focusing Ritalin for the boys, who receive the drug at four to eight times the rate of girls.."
Author	markgbx
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Date	July 21, 2013 4:48 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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