That's gonna change the scope of the topic to have to include studies on race in education as well

exactly

Yeah, that is

But it's a feminist criticism which can arise

The gender disadvantage in terms of absolute outcome really is just one paragraph in this article anyways, even though it is referenced therafter. And isn't US-centric (for reasons that become relatively important in the middle of the article).

We need to atleast mention it in a sentence to as to deflect criticism

And since because of the racial disadvantage, we are doing much to decrease the gap like scholarships, programmes, quota etc.

But we are doing jackshit about the gender gap

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I mean tell something like that

The US is sure, but this really isn't US-centric in nature

and even then mostly for university admissions

Okay

I didn't even quite stick to the anglosphere

It's a worldwide thing

Even in the third world, this is starting to be the case

And the quotas mostly already apply to boys IIRC, except in those nations which decided to get rid of the that when they found that it no longer fit the intersectional stack

@Indigo I'm not sure mate how feminism can use the racial gap as a critique against an article about the gender gap in education

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding?

That's how they work

I've heard, feminist critiques about the gender sentence gap

Saying that black men get harsher sentences for the same crime.

It's true, we need to acknowledge that.

The thing is, that sentencing gap objection doesn't apply to the UK, for instance. It is a US-centric objection only. Similarly, the counter to the objection would also be US centric, since the racial gap is going to be lesser in some other countries. Besides that, it isn't a valid critique, and most of the people reading the article, even if they thought race was a bigger issue, wouldn't object to eventually getting around to boys issues.

It is something that I think would be better served as a reply to a comment

rather than something in the article proper

It can be acknowledged, but without including it in the article, how will they bring it up as an argument against a gender gap? I can't see a way for it to be introduced.

They can say black men are sentenced harsher for example, but that doesn't say men are sentenced harsher than women.

If someone were to be saying that the reason for the gap were that specifically black men are being sentenced harsher, and that's the entire reason, then at that point in the comments you could point to studies which show race specific statistics (for example, men and women of the same race sentenced) which do prove that the gap between sexes is actually bigger than that of race.

Now if you're going to make the same argument in regards to education, perhaps saying something like it is the black men from poorer backgrounds who comprise this difference, it wouldn't explain why the girls are still doing better, and also it wouldn't hold because the studies Genkernel has dug up studies from the world over where the number of foreign students of black decent is very slight, and where living standards for the poorest in society are generally higher

hopefully I managed to type that coherently enough in my tired state

The the gender comparison is more direct

Well, yea, I don't mean to include the sentencing thing in an article about education ^^; I was just mentioning it cause it was brought up here

Or either of them, I don't think the race thing needs to be included. Just saying how to counter that as a criticism if it is brought up somewhere

I wasn't criticising the article.
I was mentioning the feminist whataboutism when confronted with this.

Ah, that's fair, I kinda thought you were suggesting that as something to add to the article related to article titles 😃

Trying to pre-empt feminism on the critiques it will make will make the article miles long, there's no end to the logical hoops they jump through to discredit anything

Title: An Issue of Education

Introduction: Boys on average get lower grades in school compared to girls. This is almost universally true. There are several ways in which boys have particular issues with regard to schooling as compared to girls that cause this gap. What can be done about those issues? Well, it's complicated. There are some things that appear to be solvable or at least mitigated by school system, but some of the differences seem intractable, and everything is mired in politics. What follows is a summary of boy's issues with schooling, how those are being addressed, and hopefully a little of why those issues should be important to you.

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I think that's improved

but probably still has problems with it. Got another objection for me to fix, folks?

Any other suggestions on titles is welcome if I can turn it into something concrete

Does the word "boys" really need to be in the title to make it specific enough?

Yes, people could think that it is about the identity politics mired in the educational system