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68: Solving the Crisis of Boys and Men, with Richard Reeves

Where We Go Next

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Is There a Difference Between Boys and Girls?

You have a chapter in your book on the biological differences between boys and girls. You've said in one interview that it's one of the chapters you were urged to take out. So why? The main reason I was urged to take it out is that it potentially could distract attention from all the other parts of the book. And then it would just invite criticism for even raising the specter of what's known as biological essentialism or determinism.

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