The NYTimes’ The Upshot takes a look at the behavior gap between boys and girls and how it

The NYTimes’ The Upshot takes a look at the behavior gap between boys and girls and how it plays out in the sputtering economy: By kindergarten, girls are substantially more attentive, better behaved, more sensitive, more persistent, more flexible and more independent than boys, according to a new paper from Third Way, a Washington research group. The gap grows over the course of elementary school and feeds into academic gaps between the sexes. By eighth grade, 48 percent of girls receive a mix of A’s and B’s or better. Only 31 percent of boys do. And in an economy that rewards knowledge, the academic struggles of boys turn into economic struggles. Men’s wages are stagnating. Men are much more likely to be idle — neither working, looking for work nor caring for family — than they once were and much more likely to be idle than women. How, then, do we account for persistent gender gaps in the workplace that continue to favor men, despite the academic gap that favors girls? The Upshot’s David Leonhardt explains what he thinks is going on: The problems that stem from gender have become double-edged. The old forms of sexism, while greatly diminished, still constrain women. The job market exacts harsh financial and career penalties on anyone who decides to work part time or take time off, and the workers who do so are overwhelmingly female. … But men have their own challenges. As the economy continues to shift away from brawn and toward brains, many men have struggled with the transition. -- source link

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