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Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood is a book that studies boyhood and boy culture that was published in 2009. The author, Dr. William S. Pollack, 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.

Dr. Pollack devoted more than 20 years to reasearching the material presented in the book.^[1]

Reviews

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."^[2]

Christina Hoff Sommers says in her book The War Against Boys: "The most popular book calling for the rescue of boys from the constraints of a harmful masculinity is William Pollack, Real Boys".

References

^ "Real Boys, William Pollack, Book - Barnes & Noble." Barnes & Noble.com. Web. 23 August 2010. <http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Real-Boys/William-Pollack/e/9780805061833>.
^ http://www.accessola2.com/superconference2008/thu/409/tdsb.pdf

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[1] "Real Boys, William Pollack, Book - Barnes & Noble." Barnes & Noble.com. Web. 23 August 2010. <http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Real-Boys/William-Pollack/e/9780805061833>.

[2] ttp://www.accessola2.com/superconference2008/thu/409/tdsb.pdf

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-'''''Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood''''' is a popular work in the study of boyhood and boy culture. The author Dr. William S. Pollack 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.
+'''''Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood''''' is a book that studies boyhood and boy culture that was published in 2009. The author, Dr. William S. Pollack, 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.
-"Real Boys," published in January 2009, is the product of more than 20 years of research by Dr. Pollack.<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>
+Dr. Pollack devoted more than 20 years to reasearching 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>
+==Reviews==
-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>http://www.accessola2.com/superconference2008/thu/409/tdsb.pdf</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>http://www.accessola2.com/superconference2008/thu/409/tdsb.pdf</ref>
-Conservative author [[Christina Hoff Sommers]] says, in her book ''The War Against Boys'':
+[[Christina Hoff Sommers]] says in her book ''The War Against Boys'': "The most popular book calling for the rescue of boys from the constraints of a harmful masculinity is William Pollack, ''Real Boys''".
-"The most popular book calling for the rescue of boys from the constraints of a harmful masculinity is William Pollack, ''Real Boys''".
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