Is MCPS systemically Biased against Boys?

[Anonymous]

Bradley Hills in Bethesda is terrible. The administration is totally biased against boys.

[Anonymous]

I'm seeing more and more complaints along these lines on the internet, but would appreciate some references for the actual studies. This researcher seems to hold a very different view from what others are stating here: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2020/07/30/boys-enjoy-educational-advantages-despite-being-less-engaged-in-school-than-girls/

I don't know enough about girls on the run so can't speak to that. But programs centered on coding are meant to address the disparity in computer science. You could argue there should be similar programs aimed at boys to address the disparity in fields like psychology.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like everything else, there's been an over correction. When I was in school girls did not perform as well as boys. Efforts were made to correct it and here we are now.
The girls on the run thing, etc pisses me off too.

We have also run into teachers who clearly favor girls no matter what.
And bullying against boys is tolerated much more than bullying against girls.

I have a boy and a girl and I hate that the school focuses so much time an attention on ‘girls only’ activities. Agree about Girls on the Run. As if boys wouldn’t benefit from releasing some extra energy by training for a 5K and discussing issues.

There's a similar program for boys called Let Me Run (https://www.letmerun.org/). Like Girls on the Run, it's a running program and it has a curriculum - the one for Let Me Run is focused on teaching boys that there are lots of ways to be a man, that it's okay to show emotion, etc. So, basically, an anti-toxic masculinity program. But it needs parent volunteers to set it up and keep the program going, just like Girls on the Run does. So, if you're upset about Girls on the Run, you may want to look into starting a Let Me Run program at your kids' schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yea, the entire U.S. education system is now biased against boys. Starting in the 1970s, we rightly started to focus on girls because up to that point, things were horribly tilted against them. However, what started as pro-girl policies quickly turned to anti-boy policies. Schools rewarded what girls do well (quiet listening, non-violent playing, etc.) but punished boys for “aggression”, “fidgeting”, etc. Boys have been left behind. If you need evidence look at the boy / girl split at any top university (usually something like 45 / 55). Without the baggage of feminism and “white male privilege”, we would be embarking on a national program to help our young boys *succeed as they are* not as some idealized pacifist class of post-gender people. But we won’t, because even mentioning that boys might be discriminated against will get you immediately canceled by the Brahmins.

Yep, here is a good article about it.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233

One parent recommended one of the cures - get your boys to play sports year round so they burn off all that extra energy they have.

[Anonymous]

I only have boys so I can't speak from the girl perspective but my son constantly complained about this in elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Yes, mine is almost always well behaved but the slightest behavior would get him sent to the office. I think it was retaliation to me as I fought with them about several things.

[Anonymous]

Totally agree about schools being biased against boys, but when it comes to youth sports, boys definitely have the advantage and it's pretty petty to be pissed about Girls on the Run.

[Anonymous]

You haven’t noticed that education and pretty much everything else is systemically biased against boys?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like everything else, there's been an over correction. When I was in school girls did not perform as well as boys. Efforts were made to correct it and here we are now.
The girls on the run thing, etc pisses me off too.

We have also run into teachers who clearly favor girls no matter what.
And bullying against boys is tolerated much more than bullying against girls.

I have a boy and a girl and I hate that the school focuses so much time an attention on ‘girls only’ activities. Agree about Girls on the Run. As if boys wouldn’t benefit from releasing some extra energy by training for a 5K and discussing issues.

There's a similar program for boys called Let Me Run (https://www.letmerun.org/). Like Girls on the Run, it's a running program and it has a curriculum - the one for Let Me Run is focused on teaching boys that there are lots of ways to be a man, that it's okay to show emotion, etc. So, basically, an anti-toxic masculinity program. But it needs parent volunteers to set it up and keep the program going, just like Girls on the Run does. So, if you're upset about Girls on the Run, you may want to look into starting a Let Me Run program at your kids' schools.

You're joking right? The parallel program of Let me Run would be a program that is anti toxic femininity (using looks as a weapon, gossiping, social gate keeping, weaponizing feelings) which girls on the run is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s culture-wide, not just MCPS.

+1 Happening in DCPS. Boys really started to notice in 5th grade up, and both were humiliated in a class by a teacher who called out all the boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Totally agree about schools being biased against boys, but when it comes to youth sports, boys definitely have the advantage and it's pretty petty to be pissed about Girls on the Run.

No, you. If you had a boy who needed confidence building and found such a program exists but your child was purposely excluded because he's a male, you'd be pretty disappointed too. Imagine "straights on the run" or "Caucasians on the run" being an acceptable program.
It's exclusion based on a protected class: sex. They shouldn't allow that. Especially when schools push it/host it/advertise it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like everything else, there's been an over correction. When I was in school girls did not perform as well as boys. Efforts were made to correct it and here we are now.
The girls on the run thing, etc pisses me off too.

We have also run into teachers who clearly favor girls no matter what.
And bullying against boys is tolerated much more than bullying against girls.

I have a boy and a girl and I hate that the school focuses so much time an attention on ‘girls only’ activities. Agree about Girls on the Run. As if boys wouldn’t benefit from releasing some extra energy by training for a 5K and discussing issues.

There's a similar program for boys called Let Me Run (https://www.letmerun.org/). Like Girls on the Run, it's a running program and it has a curriculum - the one for Let Me Run is focused on teaching boys that there are lots of ways to be a man, that it's okay to show emotion, etc. So, basically, an anti-toxic masculinity program. But it needs parent volunteers to set it up and keep the program going, just like Girls on the Run does. So, if you're upset about Girls on the Run, you may want to look into starting a Let Me Run program at your kids' schools.

You're joking right? The parallel program of Let me Run would be a program that is anti toxic femininity (using looks as a weapon, gossiping, social gate keeping, weaponizing feelings) which girls on the run is not.

+1. Not sure how you can compare the two programs. One is empowering the girls and the other is ensuring that the boys do appropriate things so as to not do anything naughty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Totally agree about schools being biased against boys, but when it comes to youth sports, boys definitely have the advantage and it's pretty petty to be pissed about Girls on the Run.

No, you. If you had a boy who needed confidence building and found such a program exists but your child was purposely excluded because he's a male, you'd be pretty disappointed too. Imagine "straights on the run" or "Caucasians on the run" being an acceptable program.
It's exclusion based on a protected class: sex. They shouldn't allow that. Especially when schools push it/host it/advertise it.

DP. There is a confidence building running program for boys as has been pointed out. If you think it's important and needed, but your school doesn't have it, you should step up and lead it. If your only interest is in tearing down things for girls, then feel free to keep whining about it on the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like everything else, there's been an over correction. When I was in school girls did not perform as well as boys. Efforts were made to correct it and here we are now.
The girls on the run thing, etc pisses me off too.

We have also run into teachers who clearly favor girls no matter what.
And bullying against boys is tolerated much more than bullying against girls.

I have a boy and a girl and I hate that the school focuses so much time an attention on ‘girls only’ activities. Agree about Girls on the Run. As if boys wouldn’t benefit from releasing some extra energy by training for a 5K and discussing issues.

There's a similar program for boys called Let Me Run (https://www.letmerun.org/). Like Girls on the Run, it's a running program and it has a curriculum - the one for Let Me Run is focused on teaching boys that there are lots of ways to be a man, that it's okay to show emotion, etc. So, basically, an anti-toxic masculinity program. But it needs parent volunteers to set it up and keep the program going, just like Girls on the Run does. So, if you're upset about Girls on the Run, you may want to look into starting a Let Me Run program at your kids' schools.

You're joking right? The parallel program of Let me Run would be a program that is anti toxic femininity (using looks as a weapon, gossiping, social gate keeping, weaponizing feelings) which girls on the run is not.

+1 million to this.

I have a son and I also have a girl who went through Girls on the Run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Totally agree about schools being biased against boys, but when it comes to youth sports, boys definitely have the advantage and it's pretty petty to be pissed about Girls on the Run.

No, you. If you had a boy who needed confidence building and found such a program exists but your child was purposely excluded because he's a male, you'd be pretty disappointed too. Imagine "straights on the run" or "Caucasians on the run" being an acceptable program.
It's exclusion based on a protected class: sex. They shouldn't allow that. Especially when schools push it/host it/advertise it.

DP. There is a confidence building running program for boys as has been pointed out. If you think it's important and needed, but your school doesn't have it, you should step up and lead it. If your only interest is in tearing down things for girls, then feel free to keep whining about it on the internet.

DP

That’s not the point. The point is that the school is actively offering and promoting a program for girls without offering an opportunity for boys. That would not be allowed in any other context. The PP is correct.