Teaching Society That Boys Really Are Different

Article here. Excerpt:

'Before he was a best-selling author, respected social philosopher and corporate consultant, Michael Gurian was a 7-year-old boy whom no one seemed to understand.

...He presents evidence that boys think and behave differently than girls based on their brain structures and brain chemistry and encourages public schools and families to embrace all that is enigmatic about boys.

...A lot of these boys end up hating school. ... They are now in a school system that does not understand them; now they hate school and they start separating from it. ...of course they have a higher dropout rate. And then when we move into the economy, we see males are not trained enough. We are losing males who can survive and thrive. This mismatch of males to the system is starting when they are very young.
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'Girls are now succeeding so much in school and college, but when they get into the workplace, the stuff that made them successful in high school and college isn't translating - especially if they are in a field that has any kind of science side to it. Another big area is the emotional and relational...'