"scarce" resources, college and sexism

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And then there's this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/23britz.html

It's the sort of thing that makes it hard for me to imagine any world in which women, at least as a group, don't always lose.

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I have read about this lately - because of the difference in elementary school curriculum in our public schools. They have focused on higher academic achievement at an early age (my daughter is in Kindergarten and has at least two pages of homework a night). Apparently, this is much easier for most girls to adapt to than boys. More boys are having to be held back because they aren't able to cope with the flux, and are not getting socialized the same way, and not having the hands-on tactile learning that the early grades used to provide.

From what I have read (parenting magazines, online articles, etc. - I have a son and a daughter, so I read it all) boys are more likely to do things if they think it will impress other boys, and girls are more likely to do things to impress their teachers - so girls are doing better in school and the dropout rate among high school boys has apparently been rising.

I was already worried about how things will be for my son when he starts school. Now I am really worried about my daughter's chances at being accepted to a good school when she is older.