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| release_date = 1998
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'''''Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood''''' is a 1998 book about [[boyhood]] and boy culture by William S. Pollack,<ref name="Accessola2 PDF">http://www.accessola2.com/superconference2008/thu/409/tdsb.pdf</ref> who asserts that toxic conceptions of [[masculinity]] in boy culture leads to boys doing poorly in [[education]] and health and having higher involvement in [[violent crime]]s and [[suicide]] than girls.


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'''''Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood''''' is a 1998 nonfiction book about boyhood and boy culture by [[clinical psychologist]] Dr William S. Pollack,<ref name="Accessola2 PDF">[http://www.accessola2.com/superconference2008/thu/409/tdsb.pdf Accessola2] (PDF)</ref> in which the author asserts that [[toxic masculinity|toxic]] conceptions of [[masculinity]] in boy culture leads to boys doing poorly in [[education]] and health and having higher involvement in [[violent crime]]s and [[suicide]] than girls.
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Pollack devoted more than 20 years to researching the material presented in the book.<ref>"Real Boys, William Pollack, Book - Barnes & Noble." Barnes & Noble.com. Web. 23 August 2010. <http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Real-Boys/William-Pollack/e/9780805061833>.</ref>

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Pollack devoted more than 20 years to researching the material presented in the book.<ref>[http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Real-Boys/William-Pollack/e/9780805061833 Barnes and Noble]</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
''Real Boys'' became a best-seller.<ref>[[Sommers, Christina Hoff]]. ''The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men''. Simon & Schuster, 2000, 14.</ref> A Toronto District School Board review of the book says: "Pollack's groundbreaking book has become the academic bible that the new boys' movement was launched from."<ref name="Accessola2 PDF"/>
''Real Boys'' became a bestseller.<ref>[[Sommers, Christina Hoff]]. ''The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men''. Simon & Schuster, 2000, 13.</ref> A [[Toronto District School Board]] review of the book says: "Pollack's groundbreaking book has become the academic bible that the new boys' movement was launched from."<ref name="Accessola2 PDF"/>


[[Christina Hoff Sommers]] writes that ''Real Boys'' is, "The most popular book calling for the rescue of boys from the constraints of a harmful masculinity".<ref>[[Sommers, Christina Hoff]]. ''The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men''. Simon & Schuster, 2000, 230.</ref>
The philosopher [[Christina Hoff Sommers]], who attributes the book's popularity to the public response to the [[Columbine High School massacre]], writes that ''Real Boys'' is, "The most popular book calling for the rescue of boys from the constraints of a harmful masculinity".<ref>[[Sommers, Christina Hoff]]. ''The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men''. Simon & Schuster, 2000, 138, 230.</ref>


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==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 6 November 2022

Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
Cover of the first edition
AuthorWilliam S. Pollack
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBoyhood
PublisherOwl Books
Publication date
1998
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages480
ISBN978-0805061833

Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood is a 1998 nonfiction book about boyhood and boy culture by clinical psychologist Dr William S. Pollack,[1] in which the author asserts that toxic conceptions of masculinity in boy culture leads to boys doing poorly in education and health and having higher involvement in violent crimes and suicide than girls.

Pollack devoted more than 20 years to researching the material presented in the book.[2]

Reception

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Real Boys became a bestseller.[3] A Toronto District School Board review of the book says: "Pollack's groundbreaking book has become the academic bible that the new boys' movement was launched from."[1]

The philosopher Christina Hoff Sommers, who attributes the book's popularity to the public response to the Columbine High School massacre, writes that Real Boys is, "The most popular book calling for the rescue of boys from the constraints of a harmful masculinity".[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Accessola2 (PDF)
  2. ^ Barnes and Noble
  3. ^ Sommers, Christina Hoff. The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men. Simon & Schuster, 2000, 13.
  4. ^ Sommers, Christina Hoff. The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men. Simon & Schuster, 2000, 138, 230.


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