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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 4 sons. All very athletic, confident, and well rounded. My DH fishes, rides his motorcycle cross country a few times a year, goes to the gym and works out - lifting weights - every day. Oh, and he was a stay at home dad for three years because I earned more. He cooks, he cleans, and his masculinity has survived! I do not worry about my sons' masculinity. Or earning potential. I hope they are just like their dad.[/quote]

2 sons here.  DH is a former marine and what a lot of people think of as a man's man.  And he takes care of his share of household chores and the kids over summer vacation.  Maybe if more men stepped up and owned responsibility inside the home, the "bumbling man" joke would die out.

I do agree that our educational system isn't doing boys any favors .. but it's also not doing girls any favors either.  Girls who are failing tend to fail quietly and just get passed along.  It's the boys who are failing loudly that draw attention.  Among other things, this is why everyone thought dyslexia was several times more prevalent among boys until the NIH sponsored studies in the late 20th proved otherwise.

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