Stereotypes Of Boys

The stereotype of boys being lazy and unfocused has affected the academic standing and treatment of boys across American Schools today. Boys today are leading failure rates, dropout rates and more. Boys are also “considered” more unfocused, lazy and uninterested than girls, and some may say this is true as evident by the statistics that say boys have lower grades and higher dropout rates. 40-50 years ago, this was considered “strange” as back then, girls were “considered” to have lower grades etc., this was back then but now boys have the lower grades and higher dropout rates. Could all of these events be caused by the changing of the school system to be more catered to girls over the years?

Stereotypes have some truth to it as stereotypes reflect the actions of the majority in a group. Stereotypes can hinder boys as this could lower
Such is the case in the study hours between boys and girls. Girls tend to give an hour more in studying per week versus boys. Casual reading rates are also higher for girls.Three-fourths of girls claim to read casually compared with a bit over one-half of boys. Boys and girls differ when it comes to viewing each other in terms of “who is smarter” and “who gets better grades”. According to an experiment, where 144 children, ages 5-7, were asked whose gender gets “better grades” and “who is smarter?”. Over fifty-five percent of boys think that their own gender gets better grades compared to seventy-seven percent of girls who think they get better grades. This changes when asked “who is smarter” as 66 percent of boys think that boys are smarter compared with 55 percent of girls who think girls are smarter. When these children reach 5th grade, both boys and girls tend to think that girls do better in school. Girls are more attentive and polite than boys. This