I haven't read the whole thread, but I have been bleating for years about the fact that the whole education system in this country is female dominated and female orientated, particularly at primary level.
Boys start formal education far too young, with not enough time spent learning basic social behaviour/communication skills etc.
There are very few good male role models in primary education. There are lower expectations of boys generally in education.
In parts of this country there are whole communities of families without fathers.
Add to that, the increasing realisation that the life of a teenaged boy is the least valued in our society. Look at all the violent deaths we have had in london alone this year.
I have 2 sons - they, and their friends, have been violently attacked and robbed numerous times. This is not a priority for the police where I live. The boys are very much aware that it is not a priority in spite of all the political claptrap that is spouted every time a boy is murdered.
I think it is tough being a teenaged boy these days. I worry about the present generation and how they are going to grow up.
I have a daughter too, and I am afraid I do think that in many ways her life will be easier.