Moral panic around boys

• Ringrose argues that a moral panic around boys exists and they fear their underachievement as it will leave to boys leaving school and becoming 'dangerous'
• Ringrose said educational policy to avoid the underachievement of boys has had 2 major effects
• Ringrose

  1. Narrow equal opportunities are introduced that neglect working class and ethnic minority students
  2. Ignores the problems that girls face, such as sexual assault
• Osler argues that the underachievement of boys has lead to the neglect of girls
• Osler, argued that a way girls are neglected is their are many policies to prevent black boys being excluded, while there is few for girls, who are rapidly increasing
• Another issue girls face is their self-exclusion (truancy) and internal exclusion (removal from class) that is not being worked to stop