THE TWELFTH ANNUAL

The Psychology and Spirituality

Boys are falling behind girls academically throughout the world. Furthermore, their wild style of play makes many adults nervous. What should be done? In the United States, some feminist groups believe the answer is to raise boys more like girls, to cure them of the pathology called “masculinity.” Christina Hoff Sommers rejects this solution as undesirable, because men do not need to be rescued from their masculinity, and unworkable, because boys will not go along with it. Her proposal to help boys do better in school includes providing them with love, discipline, respect, and moral guidance.