A War on Males?

Why does every section of society from the school room to the court room bristle with angry attacks on men while funding women's programs and women's health issues at an astounding rate? A great article in the Saturday, December 17 Wall Street Journal about the rampant discrimination against males in America brings the crisis strongly to our attention.

The author, Lionel Tiger, notes that 90% of the victims of Ritalin and similar drugs prescribed for schoolkids are boys; but even drugged they perform less well than girls. A 2005 study at Yale found nationally that even in prekindergarten boys are nearly five times more likely to be expelled than girls.

When it comes to health status, the disparity in favor of women is enhanced by such patterns as seven times more Federal expenditure on breast cancer than on the prostate variety. And no one is provoked into action because vaunted male patriarchs commit suicide between four and 10 times more frequently than oppressed and brainwashed women.

He suggests we all read a report by the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men (www.nh.gov/csm).

Mr. Tiger is author of "The Decline of Males" (St. Martin's, 1999).

Parents, schools and churches must address this issue and fast. Too many boys and men are ending up as alcoholics, victims of suicide and separated from their kids. I suggest that you also read Soft Patriarchs, New Men by Bradford Wilcox