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Article: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- April 21, 1997
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We should take sons to work, too
On Thursday, the Ms. Foundation will again sponsor "Take Our Daughters To Work Day." It will again say girls need a special day because they are routinely disadvantaged in schools.
And it will again be wrong. For the sad fact is, boys suffer from sexism, too.
By almost every indicator, young men in America are at a severe disadvantage. The book feminists cite to justify their project ("Failing At Fairness: How America's Schools Cheat Girls") admits this.
In the chapter, "The Miseducation of Boys," it states that while "boys appear to be the favored gender . . . they are more likely to fail a ...