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Re:Why are boys academically underperforming? [audio] by pstrateman on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:39PM (#25595598)
the vast majority of teachers are women

this wasn't true 50 years ago

could it be that simple? yeah I think it is actually

Re:Why are boys academically underperforming? [audio] by throwaway201103 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:56PM (#25595798)
Is that right? I'm in my mid-50s, and certainly in elementary school nearly 100% of the teachers were women. There were two men teaching in my entire school and they were both teaching 5th grade. In middle and high school there were more men but it was still at least 60-70% female teachers.