1894 One way circumcision is perpetuated is by ignoring its existence. This is especially so in the sexual field, where to mention it would inevitably bring its disadvantages to light. It's a bad time to be a boy in America,' writes Christina Hoff Sommers.
Boys are less likely than girls to go to college or do their homework.
They're more likely to cheat on tests, wind up in detention, or drop out of school. This book tells the story of how it has become fashionable to attribute pathology to millions of healthy male children. Yet The War on Boys nowhere mentions that they're almost infinitely more likely to have part of their genitals cut off. It nowhere tells the story of how it has become fashionable to attribute pathology to millions of healthy male penises. They do not need to be rescued from masculinity.