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in high school achievement,
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–14,
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,
14
,
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,
25
,
27
,
35
,
106

in honors programs,
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,
24
,
35

in math and science,
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,
15
,
16
,
17
–18,
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,
36
,
37
,
37
,
74
,
165
,
223
n

progressive education models as contributing to,
150
,
157
,
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,
159

in reading and writing,
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,
16
,
24
–25,
36
,
37
,
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,
105
,
151
,
153
,
154
,
157
,
223
n

in self-esteem,
100
,
101
,
152

single-sex schooling in addressing of,
85
,
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,
88
,
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–54,
171

in teachers' assessments,
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–38,
37

in test scores,
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–16,
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–18,
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–36,
37

in wages,
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,
25
–27

see also
male underachievement

Gender Gap in California Higher
Education, The
(California Postsecondary Education Commission),
19
–20

gender identity:

biological role in,
66
,
72
,
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,
201

early intervention efforts in reshaping of,
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–73

resocialization of,
see
resocialization movement

social origins argument and,
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,
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–68,
70
–73,
116
,
201

see also
masculine identity; sex differences

gender quotas,
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–67

gender schemas,
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–68,
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,
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,
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,
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gender stereotypes,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
157

boys viewed as victims of,
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,
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,
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–20,
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,
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–24,
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,
139

early intervention approach in defeating of,
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,
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,
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–68,
70

single-sex schooling as allegedly promoting,
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,
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,
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,
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–87

vocational schools criticized for promoting,
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,
27
,
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–63

see also
masculine identity

Georgia, University of (UGA),
18
,
36
,
37

Georgia Tech,
166

gifted-and-talented programs,
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,
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,
169
–70

Gilligan, Carol,
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,
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,
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–97,
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,
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–14,
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,
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,
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,
228
n
,
233
n

adolescent “girl crisis” claimed by,
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–97,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
138

Chodorow's influence on,
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–18

critics of,
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,
108
–13,
114

on emotional disengagement of boys,
117
–20,
121
,
122
–23,
126
,
139
,
140

on masculine separation from mother,
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,
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,
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–20,
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–22,
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,
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,
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military culture criticized by,
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–25

patriarchal social order criticized by,
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,
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,
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,
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–16,
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–20,
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–22,
123
,
124

on “relational crisis” of boys,
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,
114
,
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,
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–20,
121
–23

research methods and data 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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–13,
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,
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,
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,
123
,
129

on resocialization of boys,
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–16,
118
–19,
121
–24,
126
,
138

on sex differences in moral psychology,
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–9,
112
,
117
,
126
,
229
n

studies contradicting findings of,
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,
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,
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–7,
109

women's groups as inspired by,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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girl-crisis movement,
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–12,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–107,
136

AAUW-commissioned studies in,
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–103

“boy-friendly” projects seen as backlash against advancements of,
1
,
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,
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–22,
156

boys overlooked in,
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,
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,
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,
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,
126
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n
–32
n

classroom gender bias alleged in,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–3,
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n
,
227
n

controversial research as basis of,
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,
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–96,
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,
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,
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–3,
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–7,
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–13,
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,
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,
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,
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n
,
227
n

federal policies and legislation in response to,
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,
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,
33
,
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–3,
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,
114
,
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media attention on,
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,
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,
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–98,
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self-esteem issues as focus of,
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,
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,
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–103,
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,
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231
n

studies contradicting thesis of,
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–18,
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,
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,
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–7,
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–37

Take Our Daughters to Work Day and,
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,
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,
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–99,
106

“women-centered” pedagogy as result of,
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–79,
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,
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Girl Power!,
11
,
29

girls:

adolescent developmental “crisis” of,
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,
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,
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–98,
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–100,
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,
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,
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,
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–39,
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,
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“call-out” gap and,
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,
210
n
,
227
n

criminal behavior of,
135

cultural “silencing” of,
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,
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–97,
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–101,
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–4,
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–7,
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federal policies and legislation in favor of,
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–11,
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,
33
,
60
,
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–3,
106
,
114
,
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–66,
171

moral insights of adolescent,
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–94

nurturing propensities in,
64
,
67
,
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,
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,
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,
73
,
116
,
221
n

obesity rates in,
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,
45

as outperforming boys academically,
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–15,
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–17,
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–19,
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–25,
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35
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–5,
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–66,
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n
–11
n

preteen,
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“problem talk” tendencies in,
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,
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,
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–43

self-esteem issues and,
12
,
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,
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–101,
147
,
231
n
,
232
n

single-sex schooling of,
82
–83,
86

teachers' assessments as favoring,
36

“tomboy,”
73

in vocational schools,
8
–9,
160
–61,
162
–67

see also
gender gap; sex differences; women

Girl Scouts of America,
87
,
145

Glasgow Herald,
152

Glen Ridge Middle School,
177

Glen Ridge rape case,
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–78,
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,
180
,
197

Golding, William,
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Gordon, David,
202
–3

Gordon, Mary,
202
–3

Gore, Al,
127

Goss v. Lopez,
186

Gotbaum, Betsy,
10

graduate school,
29
,
30

Grandin, Temple,
167

Great Britain,
34
,
157
,
166
,
170
,
201

“boy-friendly” education initiatives in,
2
,
150
–55,
156
,
158
,
159
,
170
–71

single-sex schooling study in,
85
–86

Great Relearning,
200
–201,
204

Greenberg, Tamar,
169

Greenberger, Marcia,
9
–11,
34

Greenberg-Lake study,
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–101

Greenstone, Michael,
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,
31
,
33

Hallman, Linda,
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,
21
,
23
,
33
,
34

Halpern, Diane,
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Hanson, Katherine,
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–58,
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,
60

Harper, Cynthia,
120

Harper's,
195

Harrington, Jerry,
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–97

Harris, Eric,
50
,
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–89,
190

Harrow,
84

Harter, Susan,
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–6

Harvard Graduate School of Education,
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,
65
,
70
,
107
,
111
,
114
,
120
,
121
,
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,
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,
144
,
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,
184

Pathways to Prosperity
report of,
29
–30,
30
,
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,
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,
162

Harvard Medical School,
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,
132

Harvard Project on Women's Psychology, Boys' Development and Culture of Manhood,
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,
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,
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–22,
134

Harvard University,
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Center on Gender and Education at,
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,
228
n

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at,
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–74,
110

Harvey, Hattie,
42
,
43

Hasbro Toys,
64

Hauser, Marc,
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–76

Hayes, Madeline,
83

Health and Human Services Department, US,
11
,
29
,
44

Hedges, Larry,
151

Heights School,
4
–5

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