The War Against Boys (45 page)

decline in teaching of, as harmful to boys,
172
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173
–74,
176
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–80,
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184
–85,
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,
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,
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,
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,
200
–201

honesty and,
180
–81,
187

indoctrination vs. directive education on,
186
–87

in military culture,
125

sex differences in,
107
–9,
112
,
117
,
126
,
172
,
180
–81,
229
n

value-free approaches to,
174
,
181
,
182
–84,
185
,
186
,
187
,
190
,
198

Mortenson, Thomas,
28
–29,
30

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick,
120

Ms.,
107

Ms. Foundation,
2
,
53
,
54
,
58
–59,
60
,
112
,
126
,
162

Son's Day created by,
53
,
54
,
56

Take Our Daughters to Work Day created by,
54
,
98
–99

Murphy, Geena,
132

Myth of Self-Esteem, The
(Hewitt),
145
–46

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP),
16

National Association for Sport and Physical Education,
40

National Association of College Admission Counseling,
18

National Association of Secondary School Principals,
191

National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE),
33
,
162
,
166

National Council for Research on Women,
103

National Education Association,
55
,
56
,
162

National Endowment for the Arts,
156

National Foundation for Educational Research,
153

National Organization for Women (NOW),
27
,
162

National Pharmacies Workforce Survey,
26

National PTA,
191

National Science Foundation,
56

“ADVANCE” campaign of,
70
–71

National Women's Law Center,
9
–11,
20
,
26
,
34
,
35
,
162
,
164
,
166
,
170

Native Americans,
24

NBC,
127
,
134

Neu, Terry,
170

neurosis,
233
n

Newsweek,
19
,
134
,
165

New York, NY:

gifted-and-talented programs in,
167
–68,
169
–70

vocational schools in,
7
–11

New York City Board of Education,
9

New Yorker,
175
,
179

New York Observer,
138

New York Times,
21
,
22
,
26
,
33
,
44
,
96
,
100
,
101
–2,
103
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128
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–62,
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170
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204

New York Times Magazine,
91
–92,
96
,
98
,
107
–8,
113
,
118

No Child Left Behind Act,
82

“Non-cognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments” (report),
36

Northeastern University,
24
,
141

Nowell, Amy,
151

NPR,
33

Nussbaum, Emily,
145

Obama, Barack,
165
,
167
,
171

Obama administration,
191
–92

obesity rates,
44
–45,
45

Offer, Daniel,
97

Oklahoma City bombing,
135

O'Neill, Barry,
53

On Liberty
(Mill),
185

Orenstein, Peggy,
76
–79,
199

Our Guys
(Lefkowitz),
175
–76

Paley, Vivian Gussin,
89
–90

Pan, Jessica,
47
–48

Parks, Rosa,
79
,
194

Parliament, British,
2
,
154

Pathways to Prosperity,
29
–30,
30
,
160
,
161
,
162

patriarchal social order,
58
,
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,
176
,
178
,
179
,
180
,
203

Gilligan's criticisms of,
108
,
112
,
114
,
115
–16,
117
–20,
121
–22,
123
,
124

innate sex-differences used as justification for,
80
–81

male emotional distress attributed to,
137
–39

masculine acculturation of young boys in,
96
,
115
–26,
139

parental social roles in perpetuating of,
116
,
117

“relational crisis” of boys in,
96
,
114
,
115
,
118
–20,
121
–23

subordination of women in,
80
,
107
,
116
,
176

see also
masculine identity

pay gap,
21
,
25
–27,
214
n

PBS,
23
,
181

Pellegrini, Anthony,
41

Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education,
17
,
28

People,
134

Perry, Mark,
17
,
37

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich,
158

Petersen, Anne,
97

pharmacists,
26

Phi Delta Kappan,
82
,
84
,
195

Philadelphia, PA,
43
–44,
49

phonics,
154
–55,
157

physical education,
40
–41

Pinker, Steven,
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,
80

Pioneer Institute,
161
,
163

Pipher, Mary,
12
,
77
,
97
,
128
,
136
,
139
,
233
n

Pisa Results: What Students Know and Can Do
(OCED report),
223
n

play,
40
–45

benefits of,
41
,
42
,
43
,
44
–45

decline of recess and,
2
,
43
–45

gender-specific preferences in,
41
,
42
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44
,
62
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64
,
67
,
70
,
72
,
73
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75
,
89
–90,
141

in gender-variant children,
73

movement against competitive games in,
40
–41,
44
,
45
,
55
–56,
63
,
201
–2

of preschoolers,
42
,
66
,
70
,
89
,
201
–2

in primates,
67

resocializing of boys' behavior in,
64
–73,
121
,
201
–2

rough-and-tumble,
41
–43,
44
–45,
67
,
76
,
201
–2

sex segregation in,
66
,
89

tag games in,
40
,
44
,
55
–56,
61
,
63

toy preferences and,
64
,
70
,
72
,
73
,
121
,
140
–41,
202

playhouses,
64

Pledge of Allegiance,
191
,
195

Pollack, William,
127
–33,
137
,
138
,
139
,
140
,
142
,
143
,
175
,
188
,
231
n
–32
n
,
233
n

flawed research of,
129
–33,
134

media attention on “boy crisis” study of,
127
–28,
133
–36

Population Reference Bureau,
32

Portland Press Herald,
27

Positive Action,
191
,
192
–95,
197

Poussaint, Alvin,
47

Powell, Lewis,
186

preschoolers,
42
,
66
,
70
,
86
,
89
,
201
–2

preteens,
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–95

prison,
25

PR Newswire,
210
n

problem talk,
39
,
141
,
142
–43

professional schools,
19
–20

progressive education,
155
,
157
,
158
–59,
198

academic disengagement of boys in,
41
,
150
,
152
,
157
,
159

“child-centered” model in,
2
,
149
–50,
153
,
182
,
183
,
184
–85,
186

cooperative learning in,
41
,
55
–56,
150
,
152
,
157
,
159

moral deregulation and,
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,
183
–86,
187
,
200
–201

“value-free” approaches in,
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,
181
,
182
–84,
190
,
198

Progressive Policy Institute,
120

Prose, Francine,
91
–92,
96
,
107
–8

“Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Schooling, The” (ACCES article),
84

Public Education Network,
103
–4

Puka, William,
181
,
195
,
197

Punished by Rewards
(Kohn),
150

Quindlen, Anna,
96
–97

Quit It!,
55
–56

racial segregation,
87

Raines, Bonnie,
222
n

Rajagopalan, Sumitra,
160
,
166
,
171

rape,
62
,
175
–76,
177
,
179
,
203

rates of,
51
,
57
,
58
,
220
n

Ravitch, Diane,
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–2

Rawls, John,
229
n

reading and writing,
81
,
150
,
161
,
193

gender gap in,
13
,
16
,
24
–25,
36
,
37
,
83
,
105
,
151
,
153
,
154
,
157
,
223
n

gender-specialized curriculum in,
153
,
154
–57

gender-specific preferences in,
87
,
153
,
154
,
155
,
156
–57

phonics approach in,
154
–55,
157

Readings in Values Clarification
(Simon and Kirschenbaum),
183

Real Boys
(Pollack),
127
–28,
136
,
188
,
231
n
–32
n

recess,
38
,
194

decline of,
2
,
43
–45

removal of competitive games from,
40
–41,
44
,
45

“socialized,”
44

see also
play

Regier, Darrel,
138

Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy,
19
,
35

Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth
(2010),
172

Reproduction of Mothering, The
(Chodorow),
116

resocialization movement,
4
,
53
–57,
58
–60,
62
,
63
,
64
–70,
76
–81,
90
,
117
,
119
,
146
,
155
,
189
,
198
,
199
,
201
–2,
203

antiharassment programs in,
55
–56,
203

boys' play behavior and,
44
,
55
–56,
63
,
64
–73,
121
,
201
–2

competitive and aggressive play discouraged in,
40
–43,
44
,
55
–56,
63