Book Review: The War Against Boys

The War Against Boys by Christina Hoff Sommers is an eye opening discussion about boys' underachievement in education and how that will impact our economic future.After major waves of feminism and decades of trying to reform policies, strides in education for women have been massive.Women and girls today outperform men in nearly every measure of social, academic, and vocational well-being.But unfortunately at the same time, male underachievement has only gotten worse.Christina Hoff Sommers contends that it is time to take a hard look at our present-day realities and recognize that boys need our help.Our refusal to confront our reality that boys are suffering academically will harm our economic future.The War Against Boys is an incisive, rigorous, and heartfelt argument in favour of recognizing and confronting this new reality. The Gender GapIt is portrayed in the media that the gap in education is based on race and class but in reality, the main gap in education is gender-based (Sommer, 2013, 23-24).For evidence that boys are doing fine educationally, people have attempted to use the wage gap (Sommer, 2013, 25-26).Studies have revealed that there really isn't a wage gap between men and women (Sommer, 2013, 26).Instead, when comparing all relevant variables and Book Review: Lansi xxvii