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Male Valedictorions: Why Missing in Action?
October 8, 2009
In the last couple of generations there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of male valedictorians throughout high schools in America. The majority of valedictorians from the World War II generation were boys, even though girls attending high school outnumbered boys. This could be attributed to the fact that on average during that time, male IQ was 5 points higher than that of the female gender.
Despite the fact that the average male IQ is still five points higher today, the majority of valedictorians in the U.S. are now of the female gender. A marked decrease in academic motivation among young male students has been cited as a reason for this decline. One causative factor behind the lack of motivation may be the greater sexual stimulation faced by high school and college age boys. An interesting and recently published study from New Zealand may shed some light on the subject. The researchers, who published their results in the August 2009 Australia Journal of Education, took a look at schools throughout New Zealand. The study found that in mixed schools, female academic performance far outdid male academic performance. However, the same study showed that in all boys schools, male academic performance significantly outdid female academic performance in mixed or in all girl schools. The question is why the advantage of all boys schools on male performance?
I would like to suggest that at least one of the adverse effects of mixed schools on male academic performance would not be present if the girls in these schools would dress like girls used to during the World War Two generation and before. In the Biblical love story book entitled “Song of Solomon”, the writer charges the daughters of Jerusalem three times not to incite or awaken love “until He pleases.” (SS 2:7, 3:5, and 8:4) This likely means until God pleases. If this principle were followed in our schools, our country would be far ahead economically, and would also be much more advanced in creativity, inventiveness, and work ethic as males through out the country would perform at a higher level. It stands to reason that not only would males benefit from this improvement, but females and children would as well.
Of course, provocatively dressed classmates are only one of the ways sexual stimulation is being thrown at boys and young men. Movies, video games, and the internet also play a powerful role.
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