Book · 2000 · Teenage boys
The War Against Boys
How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men
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She wrote that book from in 1994, Who Stole Feminism? And she wrote The War Against Boys. And my job was to fact check the original war against boys, the footnotes, and make sure the research hadn't changed.
The best things said about it
And you get books like the war against boys the war on men Etc which is that there is intentional discrimination against boys.
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Why people recommend it
The War Against Boys by Christina Hoff Sommers is a provocative critique examining how modern educational and social policies have allegedly disadvantaged young males. Emily Jashinsky discussed the book on The Megyn Kelly Show to illustrate how certain cultural ideas about gender translate into harmful institutional policies, remarking that Sommers wrote an entire book dedicated to the subject. Emily also referenced the author and her work on Breaking Points, recalling her time spent interning for Christina Hoff Sommers where her primary responsibility was fact-checking the footnotes and original research of the landmark text to ensure the arguments held up against scrutiny. Additionally, Richard Reeves mentioned the book on Modern Wisdom while discussing broader contemporary concerns regarding societal neglect and intentional institutional discrimination against boys within modern educational frameworks. Across these various podcast appearances, speakers invoked Sommers's controversial thesis to contextualize ongoing culture-war debates surrounding gender disparities, academic performance, and the changing social expectations placed on young men in contemporary society, highlighting how the publication continues to shape modern discourse on masculinity and educational policy.
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Emily Jashinsky She wrote that book from in 1994, Who Stole Feminism? And she wrote The War Against Boys. And my job was to… 2
“It's like it's hilarious to hear it, but when it translates into policy, I mean, Christina Hoff Sommers wrote a whole book about this called War Against Boys.”
“She wrote that book from in 1994, Who Stole Feminism? And she wrote The War Against Boys. And my job was to fact check the original war against boys, the footnotes, and make sure the research hadn't changed.”
Richard Reeves and you get books like the war against boys the war on men Etc which is that there is intentional discrimin… 1
“and you get books like the war against boys the war on men Etc which is that there is intentional discrimination against boys”
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