Writing for City Journal, Kay Hymowitz looks at an issue that the “genderists” want to ignore, the fact that boys and men aren’t doing particularly well in school and in life these days. She cites the usual statistics about girls making up 60 percent of college students, and similar preponderances of grad students.
She argues that girls having better reading skills is a big part of the problem, and it’s likely she is right. She also notes that some evidence suggests “redshirting” boys - starting them into school a year later - appears to mitigate the problem to some degree.
