excel academically which negatively affects them. One female agreed that teachers expect less academically of males. The males are expected to be slackers. All of the male students agreed that feminist views have changed the way that males and females are viewed in society. The males agreed that it was more difficult to talk to girls with the threat of sexual harassment looming close by. The females all disagreed with this statement. All but one of the students disagreed that boys are lagging far behind girls. The male student that agreed stated that the use of drugs and alcohol have a large affect on the academic performances of young males.Sommers attempts to prove that boys are lagging behind girls. Throughout her book Sommers analyzes the work of leading academic experts, Carol Gilligan and William Pollack, and finds it lacking in scientific thoroughness. Sommers makes many important points about the way boys are being treated in society. Feminism has indeed changed the way that many people view Americas boys. I was not very impressed with the arguments in this book. In addition to reading this book, I have also read Mary PiphersReviving Ophelia. Pipher uses personal stories from females aswell as factual research and data to substantiate her arguments.Sommers does not show her reader any real factual data or research studies as a basis for her arguments. Despite the fact that boys may be lagging behind girls in reading and writing abilities, they are "ahead of the game" in many other aspects of life. They are offered the better positions in companies, they are paid higher wages, they are able to advance farther in the work force, and much more. Dont get me wrong, I think that girls have many more opportunities than they used to, but boys are still considered to be the "better" sex by the majority of the population. ...
