“If asked to make a drawing, little girls almost always create scenes with at least one person, while males nearly always draw things—cars, rockets, or trucks.” BoysHuman NatureFemaleDrawingGirlsMale Book:The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men Source: The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men
“Most little girls don’t want to play with trucks, as almost any parent can attest. Including me: when my son gave his daughter Eliza a toy train, she placed it in a baby carriage and covered it with a blanket so it could get some sleep.” BoysPsychologyHuman NatureParentingGirls Book:The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men Source: The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men
“Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.” LittlesDifferentPlayNaturalBoysFailingUniversalDistinctionRoughAggressionLittle BoysNatural Play Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“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.” IfsWantGirlCompanyBoysSellsProfitIdeologyToysBoy And Girl Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.” MeanDoeSchoolMoralBoysProgramBullyingAnti BullyingMoral Education Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.” WorldTodayBoysTeachingGet AwayToday's World Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“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.” WorldMayChildrenDifferentGirlParentLevelsBoysTeacherPeriodsClassroomDomainDifferent WorldsDifferent LevelsOutspokenLike A Boy Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.” MenHappensBoysStruggleAwarenessRaisesFinishedBeing TrueHarshSweeping Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“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.” WorldEnergySimpleForgetBoysNormalResponsibleMalesDecentDaringCompetitivenessSimple Truths Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“I'm concerned that boys have become politically incorrect, that we are a society in the process of turning against its male children.” ChildrenProcessBoysConcernedMales Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
