The War Against Boys
How Misguided Policies Are Harming Our Young Men
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Coleen Marlo
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An updated and revised edition of the controversial classic - now more relevant than ever - argues that boys are the ones languishing socially and academically, resulting in staggering social and economic costs.
Girls and women were once second-class citizens in the nation's schools. Americans responded with concerted efforts to give girls and women the attention and assistance that was long overdue. Now, after two major waves of feminism and decades of policy reform, women have made massive strides in education. Today they outperform men in nearly every measure of social, academic, and vocational well-being. Christina Hoff Sommers contends that it's time to take a hard look at present-day realities and recognize that boys need help.
Called "provocative and controversial...impassioned and articulate" (The Christian Science Monitor), this edition of The War Against Boys offers a new preface and six radically revised chapters, plus updates on the current status of boys throughout the audiobook. Sommers argues that the problem of male underachievement is persistent and worsening. Among the new topics Sommers tackles: how the war against boys is harming our economic future, and how boy-averse trends such as the decline of recess and zero-tolerance disciplinary policies have turned our schools into hostile environments for boys.
As our schools become more feelings-centered, risk-averse, competition-free, and sedentary, they move further and further from the characteristic needs of boys. She offers realistic, achievable solutions to these problems that include boy-friendly pedagogy, character and vocational education, and the choice of single-sex classrooms.
The War Against Boys is an incisive, rigorous, and heartfelt argument in favor of recognizing and confronting a new reality: Boys are languishing in education, and the price of continued neglect is economically and socially prohibitive.
©2013 Christina Hoff Sommers; Preface copyright 2013 by Christina Hoff Sommers (P)2018 TantorListeners also enjoyed...
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the audio is not the book
- By Jeffrey C. on 05-17-16
By: Warren Farrell
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Men on Strike
- Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters
- By: Helen Smith PhD
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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American society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash and are responding. They're dropping out of college, leaving the workforce, and avoiding marriage and fatherhood at alarming rates. The trend is so pronounced that a number of books have been written about this man-child phenomenon, concluding that men have taken a vacation from responsibility. But why should men participate in a system that seems to be increasingly stacked against them?
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Finally, someone said it!
- By Stephen Reid Kidd on 11-07-17
By: Helen Smith PhD
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You Are Now Less Dumb
- How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Outsmart Yourself
- By: David McRaney
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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You Are Now Less Dumb is grounded in the idea that we all believe ourselves to be objective observers of reality - except we’re not. But that's okay, because our delusions keep us sane. Expanding on this premise, McRaney provides eye-opening analyses of 15 more ways we fool ourselves every day. This smart and highly entertaining audiobook will be wowing listeners for years to come.
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Not a lot of guidance
- By A. Yoshida on 02-08-14
By: David McRaney
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Generation Me
- Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - and More Miserable Than Ever Before
- By: Jean M. Twenge PhD
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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In this provocative new book, psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge documents the self-focus of what she calls "Generation Me" - people born in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Dr. Twenge explores why her generation is tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also cynical, depressed, lonely, and anxious. Dr. Twenge reveals how profoundly different today's young adults are - and makes controversial predictions about what the future holds for them and society as a whole.
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I mostly agree
- By David Hill on 05-25-20
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Remember It!
- The Names of People You Meet, All of Your Passwords, Where You Left Your Keys, and Everything Else You Tend to Forget
- By: Nelson Dellis, Sanjay Gupta MD - foreword
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Throughout his research into memory theory, Nelson Dellis found existing memory improvement guides to be wanting - overcomplicated, dry, and stodgy. So he decided to create a book that is approachable and fun, centered on what people actually need to remember. In Remember It!, Dellis teaches us how to make the most of our memory, using his competition-winning techniques.
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Nelson Dellis delivers
- By Zach on 06-22-19
By: Nelson Dellis, and others
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Critical Thinking
- MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- By: Jonathan Haber
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
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Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential 21st century skill, the key to success in school and work. Given our propensity to believe fake news, draw incorrect conclusions, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, it might even be said that critical thinking is vital to the survival of a democratic society. But what, exactly, is critical thinking? Haber describes the term's origins in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and science.
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I decided not to finsh it.
- By Sterling on 08-04-20
By: Jonathan Haber
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Free Women, Free Men
- Sex, Gender, Feminism
- By: Camille Paglia
- Narrated by: Camille Paglia
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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Ever since the release of her seminal first book, Sexual Personae, Camille Paglia has remained one of feminism's most outspoken, independent, and searingly intelligent voices. Now, for the first time, her best essays on the subject are gathered together in one concise volume. At once illuminating, witty, and inspiring, these essays are essential listening that affirm the power of men and women and what we can accomplish together.
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Great book by an American treasure!
- By Wayne on 03-16-17
By: Camille Paglia
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Dream Hoarders
- How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It
- By: Richard V. Reeves
- Narrated by: Richard V. Reeves
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
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As Reeves shows, the growing separation between the upper middle class and everyone else can be seen in family structure, neighborhoods, attitudes, and lifestyle. Those at the top of the income ladder are becoming more effective at passing on their status to their children, reducing overall social mobility. The result is not just an economic divide but a fracturing of American society along class lines. Upper-middle-class children become upper-middle-class adults.
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Kneecap your kids & destroy internships, 509 & etc
- By Marie on 02-06-20
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Decoding Boys
- New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons
- By: Cara Natterson
- Narrated by: Cara Natterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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As pediatrician and mother of two teenagers Cara Natterson explains, puberty starts in boys long before any visible signs appear, and that causes confusion about their changing temperaments for boys and parents alike. Often, they also grow quieter as they grow taller, which leads to less parent-child communication. But, as Natterson warns in Decoding Boys, we respect their increasing "need" for privacy, monosyllabic conversations, and alone time at their peril.
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wanted to give 5 but last chapter is so biased
- By Jeff Bullock on 01-15-22
By: Cara Natterson
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The End of Men
- And the Rise of Women
- By: Hanna Rosin
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Men have been the dominant sex since - well, the dawn of mankind. And yet, as journalist Hanna Rosin discovered, that long-held truth is no longer true. At this unprecedented moment, women are no longer merely gaining on men; they have pulled decisively ahead by almost every measure. Already "the end of men" - the phrase Rosin coined - has entered the lexicon as indelibly as Simone de Beauvoir’s "second sex", Betty Friedan’s "feminine mystique", Susan Faludi’s "backlash", and Naomi Wolf’s "beauty myth" have.
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Great book, don't care for the reader's style
- By Darren on 12-05-12
By: Hanna Rosin
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The War on Men
- Why Society Hates Them and Why We Need Them
- By: Owen Strachan
- Narrated by: Axel Bosley
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Strong men are not “toxic.” If they go away, evil men take their place, and weak men offer no resistance. The idea that masculine men—assertive, risk-taking, single-minded—are a problem to be solved threatens our whole society. The cultural elites cheering the decline of men are trying to erase God’s design for half of the human race—the half that historically provides, protects, and leads for the good of others. The disappearance of the masculine ideal is bad news for men, and it’s terrible news for women. What will happen without men of courage and conviction?
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the Tite speaks for its self!
- By Jarrett Weil on 09-07-24
By: Owen Strachan
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Inside American Education
- The Decline, The Deception, The Dogmas
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony.
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Must read if you want to understand the condition in America
- By Aaron on 12-21-21
By: Thomas Sowell
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The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- By: Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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The culture of “safety” and its intolerance of opposing viewpoints has left many young people anxious and unprepared for adult life. Lukianoff and Haidt offer a comprehensive set of reforms that will strengthen young people and institutions, allowing us all to reap the benefits of diversity, including viewpoint diversity. This is a book for anyone who is confused by what’s happening on college campuses today, or has children, or is concerned about the growing inability of Americans to live and work and cooperate across party lines.
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Only Praise
- By TJ on 12-02-18
By: Jonathan Haidt, and others
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Liberal Fascism
- The Secret History of the American Left
- By: Jonah Goldberg
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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"Fascists", "Brownshirts", "jackbooted stormtroopers" - such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst?
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Great book
- By Mark on 05-10-08
By: Jonah Goldberg
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- Cortney Ponder
- 06-10-20
I’ve been meaning to read this
In all honesty I already agreed with the premise but it also questioned some of the ideas I held about the crisis of boys in America and really helps clarify ideas I’ve had
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- Anonymous User
- 03-10-21
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good book. i enjoyed it. very informative. even more relevant today in the year 2021.
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- Tyle rThreatt
- 04-09-19
Requires Active listening
This is NOT a book for peripheral attention.
You must pay attention. Great Book, However!
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- VeritasPlz
- 11-05-18
Important Book
As a teacher and as a mom, I can see the damage that is being done to our boys. This book explains it and offers solutions. I hope people will follow her advice.
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- Walden
- 02-05-22
Mind blowing
Sommers book will amaze and frighten almost any reader. She simply describes insidious political machinations of a small determined group to socially engineer masculinity and manhood out of society. It's incredible the information in this book is not more widely discussed. Extremely well researched with thorough citations. A must read.
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- AKilgore
- 03-06-20
Super informative and valuable.
I really enjoyed this book and the amount of real valuable information which affects both boys and girls in society today. It was a little hard to listen to because of all the numbers and stats given. I wish I would have had a hard copy in front of me, but very beneficial read.
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- DanthaMan
- 01-30-19
Great Book....Troubling for guys.
This is a good book but troubling for men who are about to raise sons in todays climate. The men and women in this world who have boys should all read this and come up with a plan as to how they want their sons to turn out.
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- Lydia
- 02-19-19
Boys Should Be Boys
This book has helped me to look evaluate how I respond to educators of my son and to my son. To question if the expectations are bias and how should I respond in a manner that will help my son succeed.
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- Lilly F.
- 01-10-21
Informative
This is an informative book about how American schools are failing boys. The statistics are correct and it's an interesting and alarming read. It was surprising to learn that many feminists are against single sexed schools when they've been shown to benefit both boys and girls. It was even more surprising to learn that some of them oppose recess when it also benefits all children. Sommers is highly intelligent, an excellent persuasive writer, and a wonderful activist. It's a shame that she's been smeared by the mainstream media as an enemy of feminism when she is one of the few who truly care about both women's and men's issues. The review ends here unless you want to read my rant about how not all women are inherently disinterested in mechanics.
My only problem with the book is Sommers' confidence that girls just aren't interested in hard sciences and mechanics. This is purely anecdotal, but as a child I was never given mechanical toys or junk to disassemble and tinker with. As an adult, I took an aptitude test to join the military. My highest score was in the mechanical section. I was surprised and intrigued.
I got slated for a medical job (not my choice) but I was still thinking about that test score. I started tinkering with things on my own like most young boys do. I discovered that I'm not only good at it, but find it engaging and relaxing. Maybe if more girls were given the opportunity to disassemble mechanical objects, then they would discover that they like it. Several years later, one of my favorite hobbies is watchmaking. I was an awful administrative medical technician, by the way. It turns out that not all women are organised, good at paperwork, and can stand sitting at a desk all day.
The age old question- is it nature or nurture? As a woman who enjoys watchmaking, FPS video games, camping, fishing, reptile keeping, cute shoes, and getting my hair highlighted at the salon, it's a jumbled up mishmash of both. Impossible to untangle. I would have gone my entire life without knowing that I had a knack and enjoyment for mechanics if it weren't for a coincidental test result during my adulthood. Who's to say that many other women aren't the same way?
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- Melina
- 11-07-19
Excellent Book. Narrator is OK.
This book provided some much needed insight and I found the content extremely valuable. The narrator was alright, there were some oratory habits which bothered me a little; however, I would listen to this book again.
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