"Michael Snyder" (msnyder{at}redhat.com) writes:
> "Andre Lieven"  wrote in message
> news:d1vijs$l0e$1{at}theodyn.ncf.ca...
>>
>> "Michael Snyder" (msnyder{at}redhat.com) writes:
>>> "E/C Annie"  wrote in message
>>> news:1111694436.881290.262200{at}z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> [snippers]
>>>> Re the original topic - what has caused boys to lose ground in
>>>> education?
>>>
>>> Are you serious?
>>
>> Amazing, innit ? E/C Annie would do well to get some facts first.
>
> Now, now, I was gonna leave her to come to her own conclusions...  ;-)

Well, that often does lead to good fun, on our parts... 

>> Starting with " The War Against Boys; How Misguided Feminism Is
>> Harming Our Young Men ", Christina Hoff Sommers, " Stiffed: The
>> Betrayal Of The American Man ", Susan Faludi, and " Spreading
>> Misandry; The Teaching Of Contempt For Men In Popular Culture ",
>> Paul Nathanson & Katherine Young.
>
> Or, I might have answered the question more directly ("What has
> caused boys to lose ground in education?") by referring her to such
> books as "Reviving Ophelia", "Surviving Ophelia",
"Ophelia Speaks",
> etc. (Just look in your local Feminist Bookstore (tm) in the subsection
> for "Girls, Education, Crisis").

Indeed. Help and attention for the girls.... AbZero for the boys.
Feminists call that " equality "...

> Then there are such *special* titles as "The Gender Bias Prevention
> Handbook: Helping Girls and Women to have Satisfying Lives and
> Careers".  Now I ask you -- how can a book prevent gender bias
> when it EXHIBITS GENDER BIAS IN ITS TITLE???

Damn straight. Lets see her answer *that* one.

Andre

--
" I'm a man... But, I can change... If I have to... I guess. "
                                    The Man Prayer, Red Green.


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