I just read Christina Hoff Sommers' fascinating book The War Against Boys. As a male with a keen interest in education policy and pedagogy in general, I found her book to be an honest and compassionate analysis of a boy's plight in the American classroom. The book is by no means perfect, as I feel she is far too critical of second-wave feminism and far too sympathetic to the "culture of violence" that dominates the social and imaginary lives of boys. But the majority of her book is excellent, and includes statistical insights into the disciplinary, academic, and cognitive problems that are becoming a staple of "boyhood," as well as some conservative solutions (rote pedagogy, strict discipline, and single-sex classrooms) that made a lot of sense to this liberal. Read More »
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