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"There are a number of scholars who are making their careers by arguing that boys are being ignored," she said. "I see it as a kind of backlash against the gains girls have made, and it's an opportunistic response.

"Instead of saying, 'Stop paying attention to girls. They're doing just fine' ... Let's help them both succeed, rather than focusing on one over the other."

Why Girls are beating Boys

By Jeff Neems

The New Zealand Herald

05/06/03

The principal of one of Tauranga's biggest schools says boys are suffering academically because the education system has largely been ``feminised'' over the past two decades.

Tauranga Boys' College principal Graham Young says the country's curriculum, assessment system, teaching force and teacher training process are geared up to favour girls over boys.

``A clear consequence is that this is at the expense of boys and boys' learning,'' he says.

Mr Young made his strong comments in a newsletter to parents in which he addressed the increasing gap between the achievement of girls and boys and linked it with crime and youth suicide rates.

``It should not be surprising to us that this is the case given the feminisation that has occurred in education of the last couple of decades.''

Mr Young said the feminism movement in the 1970s resulted in women reshaping the education agenda and campaigning hard on behalf of girls.