Boys are all losers. Of course they are. And school is to blame.
Analysis of the results after the national tests in norwegian primary education has shown that boys in 8th grade (15-16 years or so) read far worse than their female peers.
EXCEPT when their parents have high education. In which case girls and boys alike do well.
So my question is: How on earth can low educated parents complain about the feminisation of schooling, and how schools are for girls and gays, and so on when they clearly are the ones to blame for their sons low attainment?
As here is a proven link between low educational outcome and extremely gendered views in general, and a working class view on mens work is not known for being linked to academic performance, perhaps the whining about “Femiskolen” and “emasculation of boys” is more related to the general attitude to schooling among these boys’ parents, and maybe also the low achievement-levels of their sons have something to do with their parents’ attitudes? Just wondering…
Ofcourse, norway has no working class as everyone is the same, so please disregard this ranting.