u/brainquantum

"il y a une mentalité de classe : celle qui organise sciemment un nouveau darwinisme social. Non pas seulement une indifférence morale devant la souffrance des autres, mais une manière active de trier les vies selon leur capacité matérielle à encaisser le monde que les dominants rendent invivable."

From the abstract (the article is open access)"I elucidate the educational and occupational struggles of boys and men using an evolutionary framework. This perspective is useful in explaining boys’ relative disadvantage in language and reading development and their advantage in visuospatial and mechanical abilities. I show that classroom settings and the behavioral expectations of formal schooling are more of an evolutionary mismatch for boys than girls because of sex differences in physical activity levels and social relations. This results in boys being disproportionately identified as having behavioral difficulties. Further, there are universal preferences that influence occupational choices: More men than women, for example, show an interest in working with things, and these interests align with boys’ and men’s relative strengths. I argue that secondary schooling does not fully capitalize on boys’ evolved capacities to help prepare them for the modern workforce, and suggest how schools can adapt to better accommodate boys’ strengths."

Access to education has never been more important than now and fortunately, progress have been made over the last decades to improve access to education for everyone. There is a lot of progress to be done but unfortunately, official reports are not necessarily objective when it comes to provide a fair and comprehensive overview of the situation and suggest course of appropriate action when needed.

When it comes to the USA, according to the report here: Higher Education Enrollment Trends by Gender, 1970 to 2025 "There has been a sea change in college enrollment when it comes to gender over the past half century. The three graphics below illustrate the percentage distribution of men versus women enrolled as undergraduates (fall) between 1970 and 2025 (estimated). As illustrated in the first chart (left), the gender distribution has flipped over the course of a 55-year period. While men had a 58 percent share of total enrollment in 1970, by 2025 they are estimated to have a 43 percent share with the women’s share reaching 57 percent. Of a total fall undergraduate enrollment of over 19 million in 2025, women will constitute 10.9 million undergraduates compared to 8.3 million men."

Now and a global level, it is true that the access to education can vary in one direction or another and strongly depends on social, economic factors that can either but boys and/or girls in a disadvantage. Now, interestingly, in this more comprehensive review (see here Tracing global trends in education | World Bank Gender Data Portal) they provide numbers illustrating this but always add a stronger emphasis on differences when women are disadvantaged and often urging for immediate action while the numbers showing issues for men are of course also mentioned but without too much comments or calls for actions...