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We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world.

~Christina Hoff Sommers

Topics: Against Boy Competitiveness Corporal Daring Decent Energy Forgetting Males Much Normal Responsible Right Simple Simple Truth Truth Turning World

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Harvard produces leaders. People with Harvard degrees go on to become administrators in high-level positions in state educational departments and in public schools around the country.

~Christina Hoff Sommers

Topics: Administrators Around Become Country Degrees Departments Educational Go Harvard High-Level Leaders People Positions Produces Public Public Schools Schools State

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In reality, American girls are among the most outspoken, ambitious, successful girls in the history of the human race.

~Christina Hoff Sommers

Topics: Ambitious American Among Girl History Human Human Race Most Outspoken Race Reality Successful The History Of

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Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls would buy, it doubles profits.

~Christina Hoff Sommers

Topics: Both Boy Boys And Girls Buy Companies Doubles Girl Ideology Interested Profits Sell Toy Toys Want Would

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I don't think anyone will deny that girls are academically superior as a group.

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Topics: Academically Anyone Deny Girl Group Superior Think Will

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Girls are more academically powerful. They make the grades, they run the student activities, they are the valedictorians.

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Topics: Academically Activities Girl Grades Make More Powerful Run Student

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You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.

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Topics: Away Boy Get Going Literate Read Teaching Today World You

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I think it's ill-advised to attribute pathologies to healthy people. It doesn't help normal, healthy, thriving children to be viewed as pitiable and fragile.

~Christina Hoff Sommers

Topics: Attribute Children Fragile Healthy Help Normal People Think Thriving Viewed I Think

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Any child may go through periods during which they become less outspoken with their parents or teachers. But girls, like boys, live in many different worlds - they have their friends and their classroom and their parents - and within these different domains, they may have different levels of expressiveness.

~Christina Hoff Sommers

Topics: Any Become Boy Child Classroom Different Different Levels Friends Girl Go Less Levels Like Live Many May Outspoken Parents Periods Teachers Through Which Within Worlds

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I'm concerned that boys have become politically incorrect, that we are a society in the process of turning against its male children.

~Christina Hoff Sommers

Topics: Against Become Boy Children Concerned Incorrect Male Politically Politically Incorrect Process Society Turning

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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