The War Against Boys (44 page)

Heinz Award,
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Held, Virginia,
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Herbart, Johann Friedrich,
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Hewitt, John,
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–46

higher education, gender gap in,
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–17,
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–20,
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–23,
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165
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213
n

Higher Education Institute,
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High School of Fashion Industries,
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high schools,
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academic achievement gap in,
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–14,
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,
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antiharassment codes in,
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–62

character education in,
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discipline plans in,
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–78

vocational,
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–11,
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,
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,
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–67,
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,
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Hirsch, E. D., Jr.,
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Hispanics,
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–24

gender gap in education of,
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homicide rates,
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honor societies,
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Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans,
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,
228
n

hormones,
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,
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,
117

House of Representatives, Australian, Standing Committee on Education and Training of,
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House of Representatives, US,
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Houy, Seth,
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Howard University,
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How Schools Shortchange Girls
(AAUW report),
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,
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–3,
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n

How to Be Successful (class),
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Humanist,
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n

Hunter College,
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,
90

“hypermasculinity,”
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Impediments to Change: Revisiting the Women in Science Question (conference),
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In a Different Voice
(Gilligan),
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–13,
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India,
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intelligence (IQ) tests,
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–69,
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Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School,
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Jacklin, Carol,
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Jankowski, Jennifer,
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Jarrett, Valerie,
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Johnson, Mitchell,
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Jones, Gail,
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Jonesboro school shootings,
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Josephson, Michael,
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Josephson Institute of Ethics,
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,
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,
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Journal of Human Resources,
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Justice Department, US,
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–51,
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Bureau of Justice Statistics at,
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,
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Center at,
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juvenile delinquency,
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inflated self-esteem and,
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,
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paternal absence and,
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–21

rates of,
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,
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–52,
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“superpredator” myth and,
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,
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53

see also
criminal behavior

Kamarck, Elaine,
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Kant, Immanuel,
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Kemper, Dave,
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n

Kennedy, Carol,
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Kimmel, Michael,
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Kimura, Doreen,
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kindergarten,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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play preferences in,
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–90

King & King's Sex-Role Egalitarianism Scale,
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Kings' School,
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Kinkel, Kip,
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Kirschenbaum, Howard,
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Klebold, Dylan,
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,
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–89,
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Klein, Jessie,
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–60,
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–89

Kleinfeld, Judith,
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–25,
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Kohlberg, Lawrence,
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n

Kohn, Alfie,
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Labor Department, US,
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Lackey, Mackenzie,
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“laddism,”
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Lakewood, Calif.,
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–80,
197
–98

Lamb, Sharon,
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Lanza, Adam,
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Larry King Live,
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Lasley, Thomas,
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–96,
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Le Bon, Gustave,
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Leffert, Nancy,
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–5

Lefkowitz, Bernard,
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–76,
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Leslie (mentally disabled victim),
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,
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,
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–77

Levine, Amy,
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Lewin, Tamar,
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–2

Liebert, Hugh,
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Lincoln, Abraham,
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Lingua Franca
(Nussbaum),
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“Listening to Boys' Voices” study,
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,
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–33

Little League Baseball,
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,
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Littleton, CO, Columbine High School massacre in,
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–90,
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n

Logan, Judy,
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Logue, Mary Ellin,
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Looney, Adam,
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Lorde, Audre,
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Lord of the Flies
(Golding),
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Los Angeles Unified School District
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Louis Harris and Associates,
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Loury, Glenn,
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Lucas, Cheryl,
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Luria, Zella,
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Maccoby, Eleanor,
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McLanahan, Sara,
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McLean Hospital,
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–29,
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–33

Center for Men at,
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,
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McVeigh, Timothy,
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Madhubuti, Haki,
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Madison Park Technical Vocational school,
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Maher, Brendan,
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Maine,
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Making Connections
(Gilligan et al., eds.),
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–95,
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Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Difference
(Geary),
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male teachers,
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,
223
n

male underachievement,
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–2,
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,
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,
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academic disengagement and,
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,
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economic consequences of,
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gender politics and,
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–57,
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–66,
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media attention on,
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studies supporting trend of,
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–33,
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–35,
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–5

US policies as ignoring trend of,
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–66,
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vocational schooling in addressing of,
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–11,
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–61

women's groups as dismissive of “crisis” in,
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see also
gender gap

Maltman, David,
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Mann, Judy,
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Marshall, Nancy,
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martial virtues,
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–25,
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masculine identity,
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boys as “forced” to conform to stereotype of,
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–20,
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–22,
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criminal and violent behavior blamed on,
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early intervention efforts in reshaping of,
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and emotional repression of boys,
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and forced “separation” of boys from nurturing mothers,
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–20,
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–22,
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–31,
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hormonal role in,
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male emotional distress attributed to,
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–39,
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pathological vs. healthy,
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–63

potential strengths and virtues in traditional model of,
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–25,
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resocialization of,
see
resocialization movement

social origins argument of,
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–68

see also
patriarchal social order

Massachusetts technical school program,
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–62,
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,
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math and science,
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,
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gender gap in,
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,
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n

Matroianni, Evelyn,
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Mayo Clinic,
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men:

Faludi's “masculinity crisis” in,
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–38,
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,
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moral reasoning in,
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,
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,
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,
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violence against women by,
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–58,
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–80,
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,
220
n

Merlino, Nell,
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Metropolitan Life Survey of the American Teacher 1997,
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middle schools,
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,
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single-sex classes in,
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–82,
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“women-centered” classrooms in,
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–79

military culture,
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–25,
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Milken Institute Review,
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Mill, John Stuart,
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Monterey Heights Elementary School,
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moral dilemmas,
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–81

Moral Education
(Sizer and Sizer, eds.),
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–83

Morales, David,
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morality, moral reasoning,
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–98,
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Aristotle on,
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character education movement in,
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–98

court decisions and erosion of,
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–86

criminal behavior linked to lack of education on,
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–74,
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,
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–80,
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–85,
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n

critics of directive approaches to,
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–83,
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–96,
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