The War Against Boys (47 page)

Thernstrom, Abigail,
185
–86

Thomas B. Fordham Institute,
157

Thurow, Lester,
151

Time,
49
,
107

Times
of London,
151
–52

Timoney, Patrick,
45
–46

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District,
185
–86

Titel, Marc,
179
–80

Title IX,
10
–11,
33
,
60
,
87
,
164
–66

Title IX at
40
(NCWGE report),
33

Today,
134

“tomboys,”
73

Tools of the Trade
(National Women's Law Center),
164
,
170

toys,
64
,
70
,
72
,
73
,
121
,
140
–41,
202

Trends in Educational Equity of Girls and Women
(DOE report),
11
–14,
17
–18,
20
,
35
,
105

Truth About Girls and Boys
(Barnett and Rivers),
22

Tufts University,
111
,
141

tug-of-war,
40
,
44

20/20,
19
,
134

United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women,
11
,
210
n

U.S. News & World Report,
8
,
19
,
102

Valian, Virginia,
70
–72,
73

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

Van Devender Middle School,
81
,
88

Velte, Kyle,
59

violence,
64
,
115
,
128
,
136
,
193
,
204

adolescent boys in high-profile cases of,
50
,
52
,
127
,
135
,
174
–80,
187
–90,
238
n

anti-harassment education guides for prevention of,
54
–55,
56

conduct disorders as risk factor for,
63
,
173

domestic,
54
,
220
n

hypermasculinity and,
62

lack of moral education and discipline tied to,
179
–80,
187
,
189
,
240
n

male-on-female rates of,
57
–58,
59
,
60
,
220
n

misinformation and myths on,
50
–51,
52
,
53
,
57
–60

Ms. Foundation's program for prevention of,
53
–54

paternal absence and,
120
–21

in play behavior,
41
,
43
,
62
,
64
,
90

in schools,
46
,
48
,
50
,
51
–52,
51
,
53
,
60
,
127
,
128
,
133
,
134
,
135
–36,
187
–90,
238
n

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

traditional masculinity viewed as cause of,
40
,
50
,
53
–54,
56
–57,
58
,
59
,
60
,
62
,
120
,
121
,
175
–76,
178
,
179
,
180
,
188
–89,
203
,
238
n

widespread fear of,
49
–51,
52
–53

zero-tolerance policies in response to,
46
,
48
–49,
50
,
51

vocational schools,
1
,
7
–11,
27
,
33
,
159
,
160
–67,
170
,
171

female students in,
8
–10,
160
–61,
162
–67

legal battles against,
9
–10,
164

promoting of nontraditional fields for women in,
162
–67

sex segregation in,
11
,
162
,
164
,
170

state and federally mandated gender quotas for,
163
–67

women's lobby as critical of,
9
–10,
27
,
162
,
164
,
170

Vogue,
107

Voyage of the Beagle
(Darwin),
113

wage gap,
21
,
25
–27,
214
n

Walker, Lawrence,
109

Wall Street Journal,
21

Walters, John P.,
49

Washington Post,
21
,
23
,
33
,
43
,
97
,
134
,
156
–57

Weldon, Fay,
144

Wellesley Centers for Women,
2
,
55
,
60
,
65
–66,
67
,
70
,
90
,
101
,
104
,
141

West, Cornel,
103

“What's Wrong with Guys?” (Mortenson),
28

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC),
193

What Works in Character Education
(2005 survey),
192

Where the Girls Are
(AAUW report),
20
–24

“whirlpoolers,”
174

White, Byron,
186

Whitmire, Richard,
34

Who Stole Feminism?
(Sommers),
57

Why So Slow?
(Valian),
71
,
72

Wilder-Smith, Barbara,
43

Williams, Neil,
40
–41

William's Doll
(Zolotow and Du Bois),
69
,
73

Wilson, James Q.,
16
,
49
,
50
,
52
,
53

Wilson, Marie,
98
,
99

Windolf, Jim,
138

Wisconsin, University of,
124
–25

Wolfe, Tom,
200

women:

gender pay gap and,
21
,
25
–27,
214
n

higher education of,
13
,
14
,
16
–17,
17
,
19
–20,
22
–23,
23
,
24
,
27
,
29
–30,
30
,
31
,
34
,
165
,
213
n

leading causes of death among,
58
,
59

male violence against,
51
,
57
–58,
59
,
60
,
62
,
165
,
174
–80,
203
,
220
n

negative stereotypes of,
80
,
106
–7

nurturing propensities in,
71
,
72
,
73
,
74
,
75
,
108
,
116
,
117

patriarchal subordination of,
80
,
107
,
116
,
176

in workforce,
25
–27,
28
,
31
–32,
32
,
34
,
203
–4

see also
girls; sex differences

Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Resource Center,
56
,
58
,
60
,
66
–67,
222
n

women's lobbying groups,
2
,
3
,
18
,
27
,
38
,
156
,
157
,
171
,
175

antiharassment programs of,
55
–56,
203

“boy-friendly” projects criticized by,
1
,
20
,
21
–22,
156

cultural and political influence of,
11
,
33
,
34
,
60
,
70
,
90
,
102
–3,
114
,
164
,
170
,
171

girl-crisis movement of,
11
–12,
16
,
20
,
29
,
33
,
35
,
76
,
78
,
96
,
98
–103,
106
,
107
,
112
,
126
,
171

male academic crisis dismissed by,
20
–24,
25
,
27
,
33

vocational schools under attack by,
9
–10,
27
,
162
,
164
,
166
,
170

see also
gender-equity activists;
specific women's groups

women's movement,
3
,
22
,
33
–34,
80

Woodland Park Middle School,
196

Worcester Technical school,
160

workforce,
34
,
150

gender-specific distribution in,
19
,
75
,
204

men's declining wages in,
29
–31,
32

pay gap in,
21
,
25
–27,
214
n

women in,
25
–27,
28
,
31
–32,
32
,
34
,
75
,
203
–4

World War II,
124
–25

Write Source 2000,
139
–40

Yale University,
53
,
133

YMCA of the USA,
191

You Just Don't Understand
(Tannen),
41

Young, Cathy,
220
n

Youth, Gender, and Violence
(Ms. Foundation report),
53
,
59

zero-tolerance policies,
2
,
8
,
40
,
45
–49,
50
,
60
–62,
63
,
174
,
190
,
198

excessive punishments of,
46
–47,
60
–62

ineffectiveness of,
48
–49,
51

sexual harassment and,
60
–62

Zimring, Franklin,
52

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Sommers, Christina Hoff.

The war against boys: how misguided policies are harming our young men / Christina Hoff Sommers.—New and Revised Edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Teenage boys—United States. 2. Teenage boys—United States—Psychology. 3. Feminism—United States. I. Title.

HQ797.S6 2013

305.235'1—dc23

2012051639

ISBN 978-1-4516-4418-0