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Cathy Young

The reality of boys' problems

By Cathy Young
July 3, 2006

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IN THE 1990s, reports of a crisis among girls, allegedly caused by pervasive sexism in schools and in the larger society, were soon followed by counter reports debunking the alarm. Now, the ``boy crisis" story is following the same pattern. After the unsettling headlines in newspapers and magazines comes a new study, reported last week in The Washington Post , ... (Full article: 771 words)

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