By the time they’re teenagers, most boys already feel like failures. Not because they are failures, but because they’ve been told over and over again that they don’t measure up or that they’re toxic.
Teachers, and administrators don’t nurture them, don’t try to help them no instead they label them.
And here’s the kicker: if the same educational outcomes were happening to girls, it would be treated as a national crisis.
There would be new programs, government funding, think tanks, and a hundred hashtags overnight.
But because it’s boys, society shrugs and says, “Well, they’ll catch up eventually.”
Except they haven’t in the 40 years this has been going on and won’t be anytime soon. And we all know it.
Education is supposed to prepare kids for life. Instead, it’s turning boys into statistics.
When you hobble half the population in school, when you view them as a problem, when you tell them over and over again it’s their fault you can’t be then surprised when they stumble through adulthood too.
So let’s stop pretending this is a “neutral” issue. It’s not. It’s gendered and it’s deliberate.
Boys are losing and it’s not an accident, not in the least
Tell me: Did school support you as a boy. How about your sons?
Or did it treat you/they like a problem that needed to be managed?
MenNeedToBeHeard
If you want to see just how badly boys are doing in society, look no further than the classroom.
Because the truth is boys aren’t thriving in school. They’re barely surviving.
Look at the numbers:
· Lower grades and test scores
· Higher dropout rates,
· More ADHD diagnoses,
· Fewer college acceptances.
And while boys are falling behind across the board, schools are bending over backwards to “empower” girls.
The narrative is always the same: girls are the future, boys are the problem.
But let’s be real. Boys aren’t broken. The system is.
Active boys? “Hyper.”
Competitive boys? “Toxic.”
Curious boys? “Distracted.”
Creative boys? “Unfocused.”
By the time they’re teenagers, most boys already feel like failures. Not because they are failures, but because they’ve been told over and over again that they don’t measure up or that they’re toxic.
Teachers, and administrators don’t nurture them, don’t try to help them no instead they label them.
And here’s the kicker: if the same educational outcomes were happening to girls, it would be treated as a national crisis.
There would be new programs, government funding, think tanks, and a hundred hashtags overnight.
But because it’s boys, society shrugs and says, “Well, they’ll catch up eventually.”
Except they haven’t in the 40 years this has been going on and won’t be anytime soon. And we all know it.
Education is supposed to prepare kids for life. Instead, it’s turning boys into statistics.
When you hobble half the population in school, when you view them as a problem, when you tell them over and over again it’s their fault you can’t be then surprised when they stumble through adulthood too.
So let’s stop pretending this is a “neutral” issue. It’s not. It’s gendered and it’s deliberate.
Boys are losing and it’s not an accident, not in the least
Tell me: Did school support you as a boy. How about your sons?
Or did it treat you/they like a problem that needed to be managed?
Let me know in the comments!
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