Response to page 476 of the Ringrose article

            Jessica Ringrose’s article is really mind-blowing. I say this particularly in response to the quote on page 476, which explains that the downfall of boys’ learning abilities and success in school is due to “feminization of the education system.” It is so incredibly backwards that someone could believe the male youth was having a difficult time learning because “teachers were forbidden to use ‘sexist’ language” in the classroom and because male teachers could no longer bond through humor or football in the presence of female students. Is it a good thing that boys require sexist language to do well in school? I would say that it is not. In this situation, girls are blamed for the overall underachievement of the opposite sex. Even when females are displaying an impressive ability of learning, growing and succeeding, it is seen in a negative light. It seems that women are constantly denied the applause they deserve, as they are either perceived as too weak or too strong with no accepted middle-ground. On the flip side, in this case, the weakness of the male is the fault of the female, which eliminates the need to consider that there may be a limitation in the male gender. And it seems that in society there is no such thing as a “too strong” man. So men get to be seen as the all-powerful, and if there is any indication of females having an advantage, it is turned into a fault. Thus, women, in this case, are stuck in a lose-lose situation where there seems to be no hope for resolve.