At a recent Technology, Entertainment and Design conference, Dr. Philip Zimbardo, psychology professor at Stanford University, talked about the demise of guys, stating that boys are flaming out academically and wiping out socially with girls and sexually with women.
Kay Hymowitz, Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and author of “Manning Up: How the Rise of Women has Turned Men into Boys” makes similar statements about boys saying, “Pre-adult men often seem like children, filling their leisure time with video games, Adam Sandler movies, indie bands, beer pong and the company of inebriated women.”
These are only two of many voices questioning what is happening to boys.
Consider these facts:
Boys are 30 percent more likely to drop out or flunk out of school than girls.