Disadvantaged Start Hurt Girls

On October 22, 2015, Claire Cain Miller, a writer from New York Times published an article, A Disadvantaged Start Hurts Boys More Than Girls that reviews how the obstacles that can occur in life will hinder a boy’s future more than a girl. There are many researches that are studying the effects of environment on children’s development. The article targets how setbacks, such as poverty and lack of role models affect males and females. Even though everyone is affected by these misfortunes, the article concludes that boys have more of a setback than girls. There are multiple disadvantages, but the article focuses on the lack of attention, male role model and the message that boys receive to be strong as its main reasons.
The idea that a culture

Marianne Bertrand has a bachelor’s degree in economics, a Master’s in econometrics and a Ph.D in economics from Harvard University. She is a researcher for many places, including the National Bureau of Economic Research. Many of her research covers the topic of corporate finance, labor and development of economics. Many have been published in numerous well-known journals. Bertrand has received many honors and awards that recognize her research in the field of economics. She is a member of the University of Chicago’s Collegium for Culture and Society, a director for the Adulf Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab as well as Chicago Booth’s Social Enterprise. She is a co-editor at the American Economic Review (Marianne Bertrand, n.d.). She is not involved in organizations that have expressed political

This data shows how much disadvantages such as, poverty and lack of male role models can have detrimental effects on a boy’s life. Both genders can have the same disadvantages, but why does this affect boys more than girls? There is an image that Jeff Knoblich describes about “girls entering kindergarten sitting still and using a pencil, while boys have trouble listening to adults and controlling their impulses” (as cited in Miller, 2015, para 9) that becomes a normal depiction of how girls and boys act at a young age. Through essentialism, people think that it is common for boys to be late on maturity since it has, supposedly, been proven by scientific studies that it is due to biological differences. Therefore, people will not see this as a problem. But through this article people are able to see that it is not necessarily true. In many cultures, the social norm is that men are viewed as the dominant and strong gender, and it is how this norm gets passed on through socialization. From the very beginning infant boys and girls are treated differently by parents. Girls will characterized as delicate and cute while boys are strong and alert (as cited in Brym, 2011). As