The War Against Boys (41 page)

mental illness and psychological disorders in,
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,
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,
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,
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–85,
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,
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,
203

moral education of,
see
morality, moral reasoning

obesity rates in,
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,
45

organizational skills lacking in,
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,
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,
197

paternal presence needed by,
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–21,
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pathologizing of normal behavior in,
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,
39
–40,
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,
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,
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,
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127
–28,
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–32,
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,
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233
n

play preferences of,
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,
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–43,
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,
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,
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,
89
–90,
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–2

preteen,
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–95

pro-girl movement and,
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126
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,
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,
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231
n
–32
n

progressive educational approaches and,
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,
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,
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,
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,
158
–59,
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–85,
200
–201

psychological dysfunction broadly attributed to,
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–28,
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–36,
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–89,
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“relational crisis” of,
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–20,
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–23

resocialization of,
see
resocialization movement

rise in initiatives and publications focusing on struggles of,
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–19,
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–200,
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–3

self-esteem of,
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129
,
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,
232
n

single-sex education of,
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,
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,
4
–5,
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–54,
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specialized curricula and pedagogy geared to,
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–56,
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,
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“spread” phenomenon and,
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–16,
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–69

“superpredator myth” of,
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,
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suspension and expulsion rates of,
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violent behavior of,
see
violence vocational schooling of,
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–11,
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,
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zero-tolerance policies as harmful to,
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,
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see also
sex differences

Boys' Achievement, Progress, Motivation and Participation
(NFER report),
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–54

Boys & Girls Club of America,
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Boys & Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner
(Paley),
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–90

Boy Scouts of America,
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,
87

Boys: Getting It Right
(Australian government report),
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Boys Initiative,
199
–200

Boys' Reading Commission (Great Britain),
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,
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,
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“Boys Will Be Boys” (Broude),
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n

Bradbury, Ray,
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brain anatomy, sex differences in,
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–81

Brandeis University,
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22

Brawer, Barney,
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,
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Broca, Paul,
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–81

Brookings Institution,
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,
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Brooks, David,
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Broude, Gwen,
231
n

Brozo, William,
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Bryant, Anne,
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,
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Buddhists,
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bullying,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Bully Society, The
(Klein),
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Burke, Edmund,
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Burroway, Janet,
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Burroway, Tim,
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Bushman, Brad,
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Bybee, Jane,
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California, University of,
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at Los Angeles (UCLA),
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,
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at San Francisco (UCSF),
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California Postsecondary Education Commission,
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–20,
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“call-out” gap,
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,
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n
,
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n

Canadian Council on Learning,
2

Can Boys Do Better?
(British report),
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,
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Capon, Paul,
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–3

Career Training Education (CTE),
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,
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,
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see also
vocational schools

Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act,
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–64,
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,
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Ceasefire
(Young),
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n

Census Bureau, US,
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,
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Center for Gender Equity,
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Center on Education Policy,
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US,
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n

Central High School,
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Chapman, Steve,
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n

Character Counts Coalition,
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character education,
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–74,
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–85,
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n
,
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n

criticism of,
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–87,
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–96,
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n

mixed-results of,
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,
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revival of,
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–98

see also
morality, moral reasoning

Charalambous, Deno,
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Chicago, University of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
240
n

“child-centered” education model,
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,
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–50,
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,
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,
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–85,
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Child Development,
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,
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Chira, Susan,
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Chodorow, Nancy,
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–18,
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,
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Christianity,
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–44

Christie, Zachary,
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,
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Circle of Friends,
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Civilization and Its Discontents
(Freud),
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n
–33
n

Clackmannanshire, Scotland,
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–55

Clara Barton High School,
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Claremont Academy,
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,
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Clark Atlanta University,
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Cleveland Avenue Grammar School,
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Clinton, Hillary,
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“cognitive moral development,”
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Cohen, Bruce,
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–33

Cole, Nancy,
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college,
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,
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gender enrollment gaps in,
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–17,
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–28,
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–30,
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,
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n

gender imbalances in,
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,
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n

College Board,
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,
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Columbia Teachers College,
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Columbine
(Cullen),
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Columbine High School massacre,
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,
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,
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–90,
238
n

Comer, James,
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competition, competitiveness,
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as absent in progressive models of education,
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–2

benefits and educational value of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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movement to eliminate games of,
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–41,
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,
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–56,
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,
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–2

conduct disorders,
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,
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,
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–85,
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Confucianism,
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congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH),
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Congress, US,
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Congressional Quarterly Researcher,
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cooperative learning,
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–56,
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,
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,
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,
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Cornell, Dewey,
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,
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Cornwell, Christopher,
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–38

Creating Sex-Fair Family Day Care
(Raines),
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–68,
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n

criminal behavior,
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n

conduct disorders as risk factor in,
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,
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in girls,
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lack of moral education and discipline tied to,
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–74,
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–80,
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–85,
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,
240
n

paternal absence and,
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–21

in schools,
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,
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zero-tolerance policies in response to rising rates of,
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,
48
–49,
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,
51

see also
juvenile delinquency; violence

Crosby, Faye,
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Cub Scouts,
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,
47
,
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Cullen, Dave,
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Daily Telegraph
(London),
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–74

Daley, Janet,
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–74

Damon, William,
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,
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,
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Darwin, Charles,
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Dateline NBC,
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,
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Daugherty, Mrs.,
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–49,
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,
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David Youree Elementary School,
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Davis, T. Cullen,
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Debold, Elizabeth,
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,
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DeFazio, Jackie,
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DeMott, Benjamin,
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,
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Denver, University of,
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,
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depression,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
232
n

Didion, Joan,
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,
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“difference feminists,”
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,
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DiIulio, John J., Jr.,
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,
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,
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,
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discipline,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–78,
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,
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,
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boys as benefiting from,
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,
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,
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–49,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–74,
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,
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,
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–95,
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,
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“child-centered” learning and departure from,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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court decisions and,
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–86

criminal behavior and absence of,
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–74,
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–77,
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,
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–80,
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–85,
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