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Teachers Are Sounding The Alarm On A Disturbing Trend Among Young Boys Right Now
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“They simply do not seem interested in girls as people, but have a strangely intense interest in diet, nutrition, and weight-lifting.” Additional responses were also found here, here, and here. "It got to the point where students were asking to be switched out of my class, and I could not teach my lesson if he was there. These were boys between the ages of 11 and 14, different races, different socioeconomic backgrounds, and as far as I knew, all cishet. I keep wondering when I’ll have had enough and quit, but I’m so invested in my career now that I don’t know what else I would do." "I am incredibly concerned about how this behavior will continue to be expressed as they grow older. When I was their age, about a decade or so ago, I also dealt with misogynistic comments/behavior from male classmates who also did not face consequences for it. Makes me feel incredibly pessimistic about the future." Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.