Male Education - Boys Are Now Two Years Behind | Bettina Arndt

[@windfall35]

When my boys were young I belonged to a sailing club whose members did all the hard physical labour of building and maintaining the docks and infrastructure...I took my boys to all the club work parties and was amazed to see how skilled men took young boys under their wing and showed them how to build and make things....Men are actually very good nurturers and my boys blossomed when they received the respect and instruction of handy men. When they worked like men with the men, the guys would let them eat lunch with them and treated them like colleagues (including an occasional beer as reward) Both eventually became engineers and wonderful teachers in their own right.

[@mumbles215]

Good job mom. It truly takes both sexes to make a well rounded adult. Make or female. Cheers to you and enjoy the grandkids.

[@geraldking4080]

Try being the only guy teaching in an elementary school. You quickly discover why you're the only one there.

[@danmoriarty9623]

Get out before the accusation.

[@christopherlynagh7110]

Yep. They don't want male teachers then play lip service to 'get more males into schools' . I am regularly subjected to comments from 'empowered' female colleagues that in reverse would have me well sacked.

[@nikitaw1982]

Harpy karens everywhere

[@JoshDTech]

Mike Pence rules! 1. Don't be alone with any woman other than your wife. 2. Don't ask any woman from your workplace out. 3. Never accept any invitation from a woman from your workplace.

[@tips4truckers252]

I would be scared to death that a kids parents would push them to an accusation.

[@rogierb5945]

As a guy raised by a singe mother and a heavily feminized education system I can summarize my experience with something Christina Hoff Summers once wrote: 'boys are raised as defective girls'. This was exactly my upbringing an it ruined me. Any masculine expressions was immediatly punished while behaving like a girl was rewarded. Combined with no male authority figures and role models I ended up a aimless man with zero ambitions. Then they wonder 'where all the real men have gone'. Excuse me if I dont care. But at least I wasnt raised during this LGBT grooming era so thats an upside I suppose.

[@richardcampbell8685]

I had the same upbringing. It doesn’t have to end there. You can rediscover your inner masculinity.

[@Vitlaus]

“Excuse me if I don’t care.” - This man is perfectly masculine.

[@loganw1232]

This explains the rise in men wanting to be women, even I recognized as a child that girls were privileged. Thank Christ that I found real men to inspire to.

[@tjwoosta]

I had a few males in my life, I wouldn't call them role models. My mother remarried three times before I was 21. All verbally abusive addict types. Home was never a serene environment, but constant yelling and screaming with the occasional broken furniture or smashed walls. My role models were philosophers.

[@tjwoosta]

@@jeffkitson9565 The way I see it we should always try to create, not destroy. A more appropriate response than tearing something down is to build it up better.

[@mstorgaardnielsen]

There’s an eerie correlation between the decline of boys and the drop in fertility.

[@rogerroger6049]

...and the increasing rate of family breakdown

[@pablorages1241]

It's planned ... when men are weak it's easier to dominate people

[@paulwary]

...and increased unhappyness & mental illness among girls too

[@shaunpatrick8345]

It's not related to the decline of boys, but to the empowerment of women. When activists thought there was a population explosion that needed to be deflated, a common proposal was to educate girls and get women into careers. To stop the decline we have to do the opposite, but we won't

[@pablorages1241]

@@shaunpatrick8345 They changed the education system to suit the sytle of women ... and actively repress boys energy ... it's a marxist ideology designed to destroy the west

[@shaunpatrick8345]

We haven't waited 2000 years to study the effects of this, and it has been studied throughout history but we forgot the lessons of the ancients: if your civilisation prioritises boys it will go to the moon; if it gives career opportunities to women the birth rate will collapse and it will be invaded.

[@vsstdtbs3705]

Agreed, at the beginning of democracy only men voted, now most voters are women. Hence bias custody, support, employment and healthcare laws. Men have lost their rights to put down their subjects, so we are overpopulated. Instead of putting her down for population control, she now takes most of what he has.

[@cjyoung7372]

As a civil contractor one of the best thing is having young boys who look at themselves as failures just like I did and being part of them becoming men and watching them grow it helps me grow as well. What I don't like as a civil contractor is how society looks right through us like we don't exist without men like myself you are literally shitting in a bucket and throwing out your front door.

[@jw-vx8im]

Well said.

[@varieedeventualii]

That's why any time I meet someone who builds something, like it was for my house, I treat them with respect and i also show interest for what they do.

[@scootza1]

It's the bucket of female empowerment 😂

[@cjyoung7372]

@The Last Knee Bender it's the throne of empowerment for our modern day queens 😉

[@TGravy-wp4rc]

Yep! Men like you have built the entire world we live in.... something I think women will never understand.

[@intellectualgladiata]

I'm a big fan of boys only schools. Our son followed our daughter through in a co-ed private high school and we could notice a difference in approach and support. Boys were made to feel as if there was something wrong with them. We put him into a boys only school for year 11 and 12 and the change was significant and welcomed. The results spoke for themselves.

[@WaltzingAustralia]

Textbooks and educators have for decades fought against boys. I worked in textbook publishing, and in textbooks, no boy ever won a foot race or got the answer to the math problem right -- it was always the girls. And schools began cancelling recess because it "favored boys." Feminist groups were pretty open about this not just being about encouraging girls but about destroying boys. And if boys aren't burning off energy during recess, just give them ritalin. There has been an real war against males.

[@mumbles215]

Spiritual war carried out by flesh and blood.

[@martytracey6205]

I am a huge advocate of educating boys separate from girls up to university. Boy should be educated by men, girls by women. What's going on now is clearly not working for the benefit of a healthy society.

[@matthewstokes1608]

I agree fully

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

But then, how would the young women make false allegations?

[@HansKlopek]

Equality between men and women is only possible when men and boys are cut down.

[@Solomon164]

Why put people down your a hypocrite

[@AtheismF7W]

Good point. Women can't actually get up to men's level in society, so feminists and activists brought men down. This is most evident in media and advertisement, aka social propaganda.

[@lornalong6468]

Over-simplistic poppycock. We all need to be our strongest, brightest, most competent, best version of ourselves. Cutting down women so men can survive is what took place through millennias in history. Just as women start to be one autonomous, independent, competent in a non-physical arena, men are crying "Cut them down! Our men can't be men if the women become competent at something.".... Really.....?! Twaddle

[@sparkyfromel]

better girls result has not been done by raising them , it's been done by keeping boys down

[@RichardEnglander]

It goes further... I taught in London and I wanted to help some struggling students who had potential. They were a mix, i didn't care about identity, just the human that is the student. My headteacher told me that I couldn't get support to help the group, she explained when pushed because this made no sense to me, that there was funding for say 'black boys', it was all identity, not need based. I think this was perhaps 2006/7... No wonder we have seen some gaps grow like this, they slipped through the Intersectional Identity Politics Net.

[@greygrump]

I think the troubling thing about disengaged unmotivated men is that they become a danger to themselves and to society.

[@michaelfendrich1864]

Totally agree. The innate masculine characteristics don't go away, if they are not pointed towards constructive activities, they can easily become destructive, both to self and others.

[@greygrump]

@@michaelfendrich1864 Michael I grew up in the 60s and 70s as a lad I had freedoms and outlets that are not possible today. Once you left home your folks didn’t know what you were up to. It also meant you had to learn how to solve your own problems and you also had things to do to burn up your energy. You can’t bring back those days, but you can reflect on them and make some allowances.

[@80Day_bender]

And what's wrong with that? This empire cycle is almost over. What irony that the barbarians are going to be the West's own sons. Parliamenum delanda est.

[@MsAuthenticite]

Alas was married to one.

[@tonyblake8841]

The women’s movement was not about equality, but preference. I avoided saying domination. For the best outcome both sides have to reach the end point together. You only have to look at sport and commercials on free to air tv and almost anything. Who would want to be a male? The women’s movement have denigrated women. The mantra is “ to succeed you have to do what men do”. Just look at sport. Women have and will always be part of a strong society, but they should have their freedom and not have to see it as “do what men do”.

[@billburr5881]

When are we going to see equal opportunities for men? There are no industries, major companies, institutions even major sports created and built up by women. Women are getting 50% of the opportunities created by men but no contributing anything like the same volume back. So when are men going to get opportunities not created by other men?

[@obus7800]

As a transit driver I got to know several boys who were regular passengers...they were all being raised by single moms with no men in their lives. They didn't get the most basic instruction in anything masculine...which end of a hammer to use, what to check when your car won't start, etc. One boy really struggled in school and had few friends and I felt bad for him. With my encouragement and the reinforcement he got from other transit drivers he befriended he went on eventually to become a police officer; another eventually became a trolley operator like me. It is sad how little confidence these boys have and how able they really are when supported.

[@lornalong6468]

So ....that didn't help much then. Why not inspire them to be lawyers, scientists, maths professors & really feel good about their earning potential & social status. See,.... a man will teach you how to swing a hammer, build cabinets, fix cars, shoot guns..... None of those things are prized in society, so those skills don't pay well. A mother will say, "sit behind this desk, dear, & develop your brain, do your maths homework. Which career are you interested in? Let's organise some time with a professional so's you can experience what your work life will be like, before you qualify & realise you hate the job... " Moms are supremely practical parents. They don't want to raise 'Mini Me" like Dad's do. They don't want to rough & tumble with their sons till their noses bleed & the lump on their forehead turns a vivid purple, precipitating a discussion with the nursing sister about concussion. They understand that jobs where you get physical & get your hands dirty are ... .well... underpaid awful jobs. As vital as those jobs may be to us all, would you encourage your child to be the person who cleans out the sewers? Moms want happiness & fulfillment for their adult children. Moms value success & status. But they value individuality more. They want their boys to have a lovely home, lovely family, live in a safe neighbourhood, be proud of their efforts and be happy. So.....do your maths homework. Come inside & get your project finished. Is that suppressing a son's ball skills, cycling ability, ability to pummel anyone who messes with him? Yes....., Probably. Frankly, I don't see the problem. If he gets his lovely house, family, safe neighbourhood & happiness.

[@alexbirrell4568]

@@lornalong6468 mums can also be violent individuals - just ask Erin Pizzey!

[@mputilin]

​@@lornalong6468Well, as it turns out these jobs will soon pay more then cubicle jobs, even office jobs. Second thing is that these boys were lost. They were on a parh to become addicts, thugs, social cases, but now they will protect society and work for their families. Soon enough - maybe in their lifetime an economic degree or lawyer will not mean too much, because a malaise is coming your way. A truck driver will protect his family much better then a pr manager of some sorts. These boys lacked any inspiration at all, what they got might soon be a thing that will save their life and property.

[@AndyWearsPants]

This is the result of the wholesale adoption on neo-Marxist ideology, including feminism and gender ideology, by the teaching profession. This has a lot to do with the nonstop shaming based on gender identities. Look closely, and you will see that heteronormative boys (forgive the jargon) are having the most trouble, especially those from single mother families.

[@markhenry192]

White Boys are demonised these days. It is no wonder they are failing and no surprise young men are killing themselves more often, at least in the UK.

[@changing_thoughts80]

Yes! Neo-Marxism is to blame! That super pervasive, widely adopted, rigidly enforced ideological framework of indoctrination that you can absolutely give a clear definition and show examples of. I doubt John and co. have ever questioned why the existing (capitalist) system is so broken that taking you're eyes off one group to focus on another for a minute allows them to fall behind. I dread to think how they'd react to more focus and resources being allocated to indigenous and minority students. "They're achieving positive outcomes and it's ruining the outcomes of white children!" They need to atop hand wringing about what's happening at the bottom of the cliff and think about how the system permitted them to fall down there in the first place. (Hint: it's got NOTHING to do with Marxism!)

[@peterwebb8732]

Men with daughters - "Who cares about boys?" Men with daughters, 10 years later - "Why can't my daughters find good men to marry?" Men with daughters 20 years later, " Why do my grandchildren have no good male role-models?"

[@MsAuthenticite]

My dad today... 5 daughters... 2 decades later. He is so sad.

[@beachdweller3378]

Its not just the education system but the workplace as well. if you are a male and perform well, your contributions and excellence are taken for granted or ignored.

[@the.parks.of.no.return]

The best male minds of Australia LEAVE

[@lornalong6468]

Oh nonsense!

[@OrinThomas]

A similar take is in "Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It" by Richard V. Reeves.

[@pshehan1]

It is not just that the school system systematically encourages girls. It denigrates boys. Brauer College in Warrnambool held an assembly where boys were told to stand and apologise to the girls for offensive behaviour on behalf of their gender. This kind of thing happened in Germany in the 1930s, but it was not about gender.

[@anahitak9292]

Schools wwre created vy men for boys

[@itshimhim2837]

I though it was decided that boys/guys don’t matter… I thought we were supposed to celebrate women and their love of abortion and freebees. So, everything is a’ok

[@lornalong6468]

Dunno where you are getting your 'norms' from. But that is not the norm. Your internet algorithm is delivering the same mentality to you all the time Pleasant normality does exist.

[@Dug_Out]

This has been going on in the UK for decades, and it's so easy to work out why. If loads of young men go to uni, who's gonna do all the construction work? The driving jobs? Warehousing, manufacturing & other unskilled work? Nobody wants to solve the problem because there is no problem. Not in the eyes of those in a position to change it anyway. Nope. The problems will begin when the women don't start lining up for unskilled, heavy, dirty manual work. Sure, they'll be some. But let's be honest here. Woman as a whole don't want these jobs. Just spreading facts, so don't shoot the messenger

[@lornalong6468]

I've heard this debate so often. But it has one fundamental flaw.....? If women don't want the heavy duty, dirty, unrewarding jobs for a low pay, why do their male counterparts do them? If you were bright & hard working at school you would not be 'targeting' to be a bricklayer..... Girls are not so dumb as to not notice they will really hate such a job. So no brainer, they want an inside, desk job. So, if you want that, & want to be paid well, set your sights on a career. Girls do that from a minimum of first year high school. So, why don't boys? Is it all that Dad-Son rambunctiousness, or is it boys are supremely & catastrophically inattentive to reality?

[@JazzfireflyNZ]

My memories of schooling in NZ in the 1980s and early 1990s was being entirely invisible. Having no value.

[@robertthomas3777]

That’s exactly what they’ve done. As a boy in an English 60’s school, our teachers were mainly male - ex-military with a female art teacher and home economics. On arriving in Australia (70’s), a majority of my teachers again were male - ex-military (Korea, Vietnam…etc), with more females - English, Art, Typing ….etc. When I graduated as a teacher in 1978, 30% of graduates were male. Now you are lucky if it’s 15% male. Not saying that male teachers are better than females - far from it, but it is a significant factor. Furthermore a majority of principals in schools are now females. The female tone is permeating. There is a lack of male roll model. We need to emulate the ‘tribal’ approach whereby young males are lead, instructed, directed, up-skilled, supported and held accountable by elder males, where expectations of respect, rigour, self-conduct and growth are demanded - not all this aural WOKE massage, mitigating circumstances and action with impunity. Too much bureaucracy, ‘misguided do-gooders’, external interruption, frequent change…

[@lornalong6468]

It's not female teachers' fault the education system is losing male counterparts. Men are breadwinners, typically. You can't freeze salary increases for years on end & pay significantly lower than other careers without losing the men. Pay teachers well. They deserve it. When the salaries are at an appropriate level to entice men, you will see more men.

[@thegoochinc5359]

Don't forget if a 13 yo boy can't sit there and read in silence for 30 minutes, a book that is part of curriculum designed by women they must have ADHD a need to medicated immediately.

[@lornalong6468]

If a boy aged 13 can't sit & read a book for 30 minutes, that is an extremely poor prognosis for that boy. For any student. If you are saying this under development of boys is a norm - that is not my experience. If such a student is ignored & not supported, is that OK? I would say, no. If the solution is medication & you are anti the ADH trend & medicating children.....you'd better consider if you are aiding that child by denying that aid or if you have a good, bankable alternative. My ex husband refused to give his son, via his girlfriend, any treatment for ADHD. The boy's school life was a complete mess because he insisted on blaming the teachers. All of them. He finally home schooled his son himself.... what a joke. Now the lad is 18, in first year varsity, doing a stop gap maths course to be able to stay at varsity and having never cracked maths through 13 years of school... The likely prognosis is that this lad can do absolutely nothing decently paying with his life. On the other hand both my daughters are ADD. I followed the advice of the best professionals I could find & both now are qualified professionals & earning well for themselves. I had parents coming at me & tongue lashing me for 'drugging' my daughters. Well, needless to say, some of those parents landed up with their children's young lives in tatters & their children too old for therapy & interventions to be of any benefit to them whatsoever.

[@philliphickox4023]

The question is why is what happening to boys not taken seriously

[@christopherlynagh7110]

Because so far, women have been insulated from the consequences. Once things truly go south as inevitably it soon will, your most ardent blue hair will lose 30 KG and shelter with the first toxic male she can grab.

[@TheDruzza]

Its all a plan

[@lornalong6468]

No one took girls seriously for a couple 1000 years... It could take a while for education systems to rethink appropriate educational environments. Finland, I believe is reputed to have the best education system in the World. They are also one of the most gender egalitarian societies Are there lessons to be learned? ... or are our boys just lazy little horrors and our girls infused with praying mantis genes?

[@philliphickox4023]

@@SimonLloydGuitar The misguided belief is a direct result of the narrative that makes men the enemy. Another aspect is by making men the enemy, enables the use of guilt tripping to manipulate

[@mikegalvin9801]

Folks used to call my cousin along with my twin brother and I the triplets as we were all the same age. In 79 she was one of a count them on your fingers minority of female grads at prestigious Northwestern Law. Forty years later she was back in Evanston and walked by the commencement ceremony. "It's a girl's school now!" was her report.

[@airman122469]

I agree that the public school system should be abolished. Get rid of it. Find the students, not the schools. Get rid of the department of education. Since it’s founding we’ve only ever seen slips in performance.

[@lornalong6468]

Invest in Education & rewrite/redesign the process. Finland is supposed to have the highest standard of education in the World. National Education, (free for under 18's). So study their education model. See what needs to be changed and adopted.

[@emperorsean1]

If there was a guarantee in employment if I studied then I would study. I'm more educated then my father yet I cannot get a better job abroad.

[@changing_thoughts80]

This is what she doesn't get. You could go and study and be more educated than your dad, but the opportunities available to you and your chances of achieving the same levels of wealth and comfort as him have disappeared. Due to the spotlight being shone on gender inequality atm women still have the ability to exceed their mothers, but that won't last long. Once the owning class are sick of having to pay women more they'll put the screws on them too.

[@alexbirrell4568]

What we need to do is have a separate education system for both boys and girls. Once that happens watch the boys fly!

[@markaurelius61]

I think the main problem is the prevalence of female teachers. I had 2 years at a co-ed school in the 1970s and thrived. Then is had 3 years at a boys school. It was not better. In both cases though the teachers were male.

[@alexbirrell4568]

@@markaurelius61 Yes, I would agree with that synopsis. My friend who is a teacher explained the No of absences from school by female teachers because of period pain, stress, colds/flu’s and any family emergency etc bordered on the criminal as these individuals were being paid. Also they had difficulty in disciplining the kids, particularly boys. And their focus was purely on girls.

[@markaurelius61]

@@alexbirrell4568 I think female teachers are more oriented to the girls in ways they don't realise and can't really correct. Maybe we should have male teacher quotas.

[@joshuadalton6063]

Education is only a small part of it, the main part of it is society not valuaing men. Until women need men again, boys are just going to keep floating off into nothingness.

[@lornalong6468]

Watch both girls & boys do better in separate schools. I agree

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

The Feminists always wanted to raise up females at the expense of males. A few American women/feminists who were not totally extreme noticed this long ago and wrote books about it; "The War Against Boys," two volumes by Christina Hoff- Sommers. and, "The New Thought Police" by Tammy Bruce (for president of NOW LA chapter).

[@stsr11]

It's completely deliberate.

[@DJTS1991]

My mother had me diagnosed with ASD at 8. My mother is an entrepreneur. She and my father divorced when I was 10. Essentially, they had conflicting values. Mum wanted to own her own business and be an independent strong woman. And she wanted Dad to be a stay at home Dad while somehow still bringing in more money than she was. It was an outrageous, controlling double standard which led to their divorce. Whenever it's brought up what happened, my father will say, "We had a good run. It didn't work out. I tried. And it's okay." And my mother will say, "YOUR FATHER #$%^ING DESTROYED THIS FAMILY!" And just from those interactions alone, it's easy what happened. Needless to say, I don't have the best relationship with my mother. Jump ahead 30 years later, studying my Masters in Education, I was temporarily expelled for asking basic questions. Women were openly hostile, antagonistic and the culture was appalling. We sued and EASILY won. I earned my Degree and was reimbursed the cost of the student fees. A year later, the Executive Dean was forced to resign for creating a culture of bullying and intimidation. She was, again, a woman. In Education, every second child had a diagnosis of... something... and it became blatantly obvious that men were being restricted from the profession, and needed more male models. Women didn't know how to handle the boys, and whenever they spoke out of line, a little while later they'd magically end up with an Autism or ADHD diagnosis. Both the university, and my mother, shared an eerily similar philosophy towards boys and men. I understand they don't necessarily represent EVERY woman (I should know --- I got engaged recently), and I can see where they are coming from. Not all men are that great either. But it's insane now, and it's going way too far.

[@MsAuthenticite]

Your testimony showcases so many current facts.

[@zekelerossignol7590]

I saw a report recently about improving boys grades by making them sing in choirs, instead of understanding them and what they actually need!

[@lornalong6468]

Ugh!! Really? And then their developed talent goes down the dwang when their voice breaks? Who dreams up this nonsense....?

[@MsAuthenticite]

Smh

[@AlexSmith-gr4hp]

Immigrant boys are allowed to be the exception. When you look at the issue excluding immigrants the gap is even wider. Prizes at my kid’s school were 75/25 girls to boys. Amongst immigrants it was 50/50. Amongst non-immigrants it was like 95/5

[@MsAuthenticite]

Sad

[@Riddingwithvivian]

I grew up in the 80s as a boy and it is probably a bit different now but I remember it to be quite a masculine place school was...it was a place of sports and fights and girls were waiting for the winners on the sideline. I doubt it is the same place now but my memories are quite nice

[@mumbles215]

Same with me. We have to remember it was the late 60s when these feminist socialists got their teeth in the system. By the 80s their fruit wasn’t ripe yet. It is now.

[@lornalong6468]

My brother has the depressing memories of being caned daily at school multiple times a day. That was not because he was a naughty, disruptive pupil but because any infraction from 1 student resulted in the entire class being caned. Much like in a military boot camp. He was not okay at being educated in such a male-punitive system. It's negatively impacted his self-confidence for life like no female teacher would have.

[@mputilin]

​@@lornalong6468 So sorry for your brother, though if he didn't go through such things i would be even more sorry for him. If you completely remove adversity with draconian punishements you'll create incapable people without any mechanism to cope with violence and fear later in life. Eliminating competition is going to make the whole society unable to function in the real world.

[@toddles9]

Love Bettina Arndt. Always have.

[@rpmgrlca]

Boys and girls always do better in single gender schools.

[@anahitak9292]

Girls do better boys d8 better in mixed

[@tteros5998]

I mean, it's your generation that's responsible. Kids don't educate themselves. Take some responsibility for the utter chaos you created, if only by lack of action.

[@dumdum8880]

Is it entirely their fault though? Over the past 50 years the west has had two major enemies, Soviet Russia and Communist China, both of who's military doctrine state infiltration and subversion of culture as a weapon. Yuri Besmenov spoke about this famously with his lecture on 'Active Measures' by the soviets. But he also said you can't subvert a country that doesn't want to be. So in some sense, it's fault of the past generations for having cultural vulnerabilities, but too assume that we, as the youth, would have done better against such forces is a mistake since no matter where or when you're, there are always going to blind spots. We got given a hard hand by being born into the end stages of infiltration and subversion, but enemies will be enemies. Identifying our former leaders as enemies simply by being incompetent is one thing, but we need to know to true forces attempting to push us the hang ourselves with our own rope. There is hope for our generation and even redemption for the past if we can accurately identify the forces moving against us and steer the ship back on a good course.

[@AndyWearsPants]

As a member of Generation X, I used to blame older generations too. The problem is life is too short to wait for 2 generations of teachers to change, because they mostly will not. You need to find a mentor and educate yourself through involvements, books, and experiments. The sad but beautiful truth is, you are responsible for your own education. If you find there is a lack of action, it is ulimately up to you to take it anyway.

[@goldbug7127]

The question isn't "What is a Woman", it's "Why do men want to be a Woman?" Here is the answer. Growing up, boys see that the road to success requires being a Woman.

[@jimsimpson1006]

The hilarious comedy movie Tootsie, in which Dustin Hoffman had to impersonate a woman to get a job, is now looking very much like reality.

[@goldbug7127]

@@jimsimpson1006 Yes, good movie. Another great movie on this theme is "Some Like it Hot" with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn. They also had a good reason to be women. Except Marilyn Monroe would make any man want to reconsider that decision. Maybe we need women in Hollywood to start acting like Marilyn again instead of trying to act like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[@the.parks.of.no.return]

It will be fine. The men will leave for Russia, meanwhile in Australia the taps will run dry, the lights go out. Then famine and pestilence will ravage the land.

[@lornalong6468]

Isn't that South Africa ....😂😅 Is Oz like that too. 🙈

[@the.parks.of.no.return]

@lornalong6468 I feel for the females, you see them in the shanty towns, destitute with kids barely covered crawling around in the dirt. The former SA government had no plans for how and where to retreat for the existing populace that realised the reality of the situation. Australia is a dead man walking

[@powerandpresence5290]

It’s a societal disaster we should have seen coming years ago. We are also seeing young men giving up on dating. In the US only 34% of men under 30 are seeking a relationship, while 63% is the figure for young women. That’s Pew research data. Needless to say, the young women are dating older and more established men. That’s a time bomb ready to explode. Think dozens of Andrew Tates ready to weaponise the pain and anger of these young men. And I’m not condemning Andrew Tate followers. I understand the appeal. But I do not see him as a good role model.

[@lornalong6468]

He & his ilk are an odd twisted version of manhood to be sure. And the girls they bring on their shows.....! Where, oh where do they find them?!!! Stranger than strange. I can assure you that there are still a lot of lovely intelligent, kind, caring people of both genders out there. Let's hope they find each other and make loving, happy families & stable homes.

[@danielbob2628]

When it comes to male influencers who appeal to perspectives like this, Andrew Tate is really the only 'bad guy.' The rest are either low-effort and profit-driven or genuinely good people. Usually a mix of both. I'm not too worried.

[@jkbrown5496]

Schooling is not education. Credentials are not long indicators of discipline of intellect, regulation of emotions, establishment of principles. Remember, the industrial revolution came out of the workshops of England, not the universities. Bureaucrats come out of the universities.

[@andyjay9346]

Just look at university scholarships worldwide - in any western country. Every 5 scholarships 4 female to 1 male scholarship.

[@P83-o2k]

So true. I pay through the nose to send my boy to an all boys school. Teaching is specific to boys learning style and nobody telling them how evil they are.

[@Vitlaus]

What are the odds of laws being changed? Yes laws, because that is what matters. As if schooling will help a man get a job, when he is not a diversity hire. If he does get a position, he has to pray he does not get targeted by office Karens (baseless harassment charges).

[@savedbygrace8337]

Trace all this back to new math and everybody gets A trophy just for participating. No incentive to excel.

[@LOGOASSASSIN]

Intentional decline. All part of the plan.

[@rodneyblackwell7477]

Boys now two years behind girls. Girls most affected.

[@lornalong6468]

Boys were always 2 years behind girls. ... That is not recent. It's normal. Boys prefer to mess about until the last year & then catch up at the last.

[@anahitak9292]

There are no systemic barriers like there were for women

[@SeanOLennon]

We mucked up when we gave 'em the right to vote.

[@lornalong6468]

Yeah.....coz men throughout history were doing such a straight up grand job.....

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

@@lornalong6468 Yeah, went from the Stone age to being able to put a man on the moon in 6,000 years. In the 1980s men created Concord, the 747, the bullet train, the space shuttle, all with slide rules.

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

​@@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 All the wars men started and all the men that died in those wars

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

@@wyleecoyotee4252 All the wars that people in power started, it's not men's fault that women didn't want positions of power.

[@mrdee2454]

She keeps saying its fantastic they did this for girls completely discriminating and demeaning male education. She has cognitive dissonance. You cannot say something is awesome than say you are upset with the results

[@Mike-br8zt]

Yes you can as they are two different things.

[@joshmetz9192]

She’s lobbying for boys.

[@Jrpg_guy]

Problem isn't the improvments for women, but the blunt ingoring of male problems/ the treatment of men.

[@willmercury]

Helping one group does not necessarily entail harming another. She is correct; you're misattributing blame.

[@flowerpower8722]

Girls definitely needed to be able to become equal in society. My mother's generation (up to the 1980's) were treated like dirt with little independent prospects. The problem is this pervasive 'either/or' mentality in society at large and in this case the education system. Parents usually are on board with the equality bit, but unfortunately our education system seems to think that if one gender gains, then the other must lose. What about the simple idea of bolstering everyone and teaching good old fashioned manners and respect across the board.

[@jasonjudkins2056]

Well majority of boys use to be able to leave school to learn a trade. Majority of boys don’t want to be at school. I’m about to have a baby boy and I would rather that he can learned a trade and then he can charge whatever he wants to go fix this highly educated woman house to repair whatever’s broken.

[@starlen3345]

Seen an article in my local NY district 10 kids got an academic reward, 9 girls and 1 guy(wasn't white either) hmm almost like a pattern

[@SudhansuMohanDas-ml6tu]

They have taken competition out of school. What did you expect ?

[@alexeysaphonov232]

The simplest way is to remove as many as possible (idealy all) decision capable mediators between parents and teachers. The parents will search for the best teachrs and curriculums for their kids both boys and girls. You just need to show a middle fingers to those who want to achieve anything but quality of edication by means of administation/obuse of institutions of education.

[@DavidMcCalister]

Well boys are winning womens sports....

[@OpEditorial]

Honestly I wouldn't worry about it, it's not so much boys are falling behind, that ship sailed a long time ago, it's that we don't care.

[@johnmartin4650]

Getting rid of the patriarchy at the root ……yes ?…..no ?…..you bet…..amazing planing !!!!

[@Scary_Sary]

Solution is not about boys only/ girls only schools. Makes no difference, still not a good environment for boys generally. Homeschool!

[@ahhcmon9604]

The lesson should be that women are wasting money on colleges, college is an incredible waste of money unless youre going into a very specific profession, if youre getting a general degree youre wasting money and will never get out of debt maybd boys are finally learning trades the real way to massive wealth

[@chchwoman9960]

It's not that I think this is a good thing, and for many reasons other than career, its ghastly, but, girls need the brains because we lack the braun. Guys are better off in the trades and have increased work capacity, but women need to be professionals if we ever want to make some decent dosh.

[@lornalong6468]

😂😅 Agreed! They can't carry bags of cement for 40 years & probably shouldn't go into pest removal. But girls sure know how to out talk you! A lawyer or businessman where convoluted negotiations are required.... Girls do well with that & Can bring home lots of lovely moolah too. 😂

[@shawy83]

unfortunately overall, women build weakness.

[@christopherlynagh7110]

and are totally incapable of effective leadership.

[@lornalong6468]

Unfortunately, overall, men breed violence

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

Women most affected, tho.

[@GIaucoma]

This is what we get for letting women into politics (I don’t mean her though she seems pretty cool)

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

In another 10 years time there'll be loads of women wondering where all the well educated, rich men are to marry, shortly after civilization will collapse.

[@nobledarkmoon]

Lets look at the future job market. Training in blue collar is down, dominated by males. White collar is increasing, dominated by women. Increasing numbers of women in the workforce, with less men in the work force. This will mean women will have to choose between dating down, and choosing to either work or have a child. These will increase pressures on her, and create a situation where she will have to choose. This then creates a population decline, because having a child will create to much financial stress. It can mean not being able to balance a budget for the lifestyle they lead. Population decline is a slow burn, and once that snowball gets going, good luck trying to control the outcome. More guys are moving away from wanting to be in relationships as well. This is a home goal for feminism. Population decline, and massive debts is what to expect in the future.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

His three daughters are going to miss out because of the attack on men and boy's

[@_Hraefn]

I wonder if having your female teachers force all of the boys in class to stand up and apologize to girls in class for the collective sins of men who died centuries ago has anything to do with this?

[@bumpercoach]

most of its bad parenting ... sure the educational system has really turned-off the lads but "nice" parenting is more so the fail ... people always tell me "I hope you know how great your son is..." as if I had no idea and hadnt spent multi- hundred % more time than typical to develope them (2 sons 14 yrs age gap)... perhaps they also fall for the bias intrinsic to assuming my style isnt one thats easy on my children (and theyre right) but results say its better

[@Scary_Sary]

Homeschool your children

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

Setting the bar low

[@LabRat6619]

Males are educated at the wrong age. As they don't mature fast enough to be in a good place to be educated. My son didn't excel until the last year of secondary school. He now works for a multinational company in central London.

[@marynayna6327]

I agree,my 3 sons struggled through school thankfully started learning with interest with further education and are all in amazing careers now.

[@goldminecrafters1]

Really? That old chestnut? Nothing to do with lack of male teachers, lack of men engaged in educating young men? Nothing to do with misandry in feminist teahers shaming boys and praising girls? You have to blame the victims!

[@LabRat6619]

@@goldminecrafters1 you are very bitter person aren't you.

[@lornalong6468]

I hear this a lot from parents of boys & educators a lot . The girls knuckle down consistently working towards a goal & the lads pop up like spring flowers at the 99th hour. A bit hit & miss that....

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Yeah, you are not the first person to observe that boys care and learn academics better later than girls.

[@burtonlee22]

Bettina is totally correct, it’s also a big problem here in the USA. John why are you so uninformed?

[@jimmycricket7385]

War famine and pestilence creates hard times - not weak men. And peace, good harvests and health creates good times - not strong men. No one but a fool would claim that the hard times brought by the bubonic plague created strong men. Those who survived the bubonic plague weren't necessarily stronger than those who died. They were simply lucky not to be exposed to the bacteria, carried by fleas, which infested the rats, that lived in proximity to humans. No strength required. Just avoid rat infested port towns. The trouble with glib aphorisms, with superficial appeal is that they have the advantage of brevity - people love a snappy catch phrase. However, the truth generally takes longer to express. Here's the double flaw in the glib aphorism by Mr. *B B* below: 1: Hard times do NOT create strong men. 2: Good times do NOT create weak men. Also, if strong men _did_ create good times, which in turn created weak men - then we have a situation where strong men create weak men - presumably their own children. This follows logically from Mr. *B B* s aphorism. For which there isn't a shred of evidence. Many people accept this clap-trap without any scrutiny or consideration. But they tend to gain meme status because of their glib brevity.

[@unicron2109]

They were stronger in terms of evolutionary adaption because the men who survived were more likely to carry the genes necessary to help their immune systems fight off the infection

[@pauld9561]

You've earned .50 cents for the biggest word. Congratulations!

[@changing_thoughts80]

What is this common sense you speak? How could a glib one liner infused with subtle bigotry not be the true font of wisdom for the ages? Are you telling me I have to think, and read, and develop my intellect? I can't just regurgitating idioms I saw once online? That sounds like the sort of thing you'd hear from a ravishingly attractive and exceedingly well read doctor turned revolutionary responsible to the establishment of a world class health and education system on a heavily embargoed Caribbean island, that in spite of its limited resources still send thousands of highly trained medical staff around the world on humanitarian aid missions.

[@daffidkane8350]

I think you miss the point of the saying.

[@jimmycricket7385]

@@unicron2109 The plague didn't give survivors the genes that protected them, they had those genes before the plague arrived.