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problem is they now prefer [the] asynchronistic Internet world to the
spontaneous interaction in social relationships.
Philip
Zimbardo
So today, I want us to reflect on the demise of
guys. Guys are flaming out academically; they're wiping out socially with girls
and sexually with women. Other than that, there's not much of a problem.
So what's the data? So the data on dropping out is
amazing. Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In
Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at
every level,from elementary school to graduate school. There's a 10 percent
differential between getting BA's and all graduate programs, with guys falling
behind girls. Two-thirds of all students in special ed. remedial programs are
guys. And as you all know, boys are five times more likely than girls to be
labeled as having attention deficit disorder -- and therefore we drug them with
Ritalin. What's the evidence of wiping out? First, it's a new fear of intimacy.
Intimacy means physical, emotional connection with somebody else -- and
especially with somebody of the opposite sex who gives off ambiguous,
contradictory, phosphorescent signals. And every year there's research done on
self-reported shyness among college students. And we're seeing a steady
increase among males. And this is two kinds. It's a social awkwardness. The old
shyness was a fear of rejection. It's a social awkwardness like you're a
stranger in a foreign land.
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