Dr. Pollack has gotten
large amounts of hysterical publicity from Newsweek,
Time, People and all the major TV shows, including
Oprah. He is telling the world that men and boys are in
serious trouble and we must correct the
"problem" by changing the basic nature of boys
in our public schools. |
Questions Used by Dr. Pollack to Disparage
American Boys
July 2001
Massachusetts News does
not have a copy of the test which was given to
the students at Belmont Hill but we are told that
these are some of the questions that were asked.
Some of them may have minor changes in the
wording. We have added a “Correct Feminist
Answer” which we believe is what Dr. Pollack
wanted from the boys and a “Thoughtful
Answer,” which is how the editors believe a
thoughtful person would respond if allowed to do
so.
According to Headmaster
Melvoin’s letter to parents, “Most of
the questions and lines of inquiry came from
standard, commonly used surveys” including
the Coopersmith Inventory, another called the
Best Inventory and a picture/story exercise.
The Coopersmith survey is an
apparently transparent test that attempts to
determine whether the student believes that men
and women are the same. Although there are thirty
or more questions, they basically ask the same
thing over and over. A sample of the questions
are:
‘Correct’
Feminist Answer. Disagree.
Thoughtful Answer. In
order to answer this question, you must know
whether the mother is working outside the home.
You should also know whether the mother is
nursing the baby. If she is not working outside
the home and is nursing the baby, it is clear
that she will want to be much more involved with
the care of a newborn baby. If she is working
outside, it is apparent that the father will also
have to help although a mother will usually not
ask for much help because she will feel that he
is not as adequate at that task as she.
‘Correct’
Feminist Answer. Disagree.
Thoughtful Answer. In
order to answer this question, you must know
where the couple lives. If they live on a farm,
the man will be doing the strenuous (sometime
dangerous) outside labor and the wife will be
managing the house and the children. If they live
in a suburban home, the man will usually be doing
the outside yard work and the wife will be doing
the housework. If they live in an apartment and
they both work, they will be sharing the
housework.
‘Correct’
Feminist Answer. Agree.
Thoughtful Answer. We
have rediscovered what everyone always knew down
through the centuries up until the 1960s: women
want to raise children, not spend their time in
an office. They enjoy raising children. It is
difficult to do something when you want to be
somewhere else. Surveys show that 80% of women
would quit their jobs if they could. Therefore,
those 20% who want to work probably have as much
“ability” as men, but you could not say
that “all women” have that ability if
they don’t want to do it.
‘Correct’ Feminist Answer. Agree.
Thoughtful Answer.
Many women who become medical doctors or other
specialists in our country often have feelings of
guilt when they suddenly quit to raise a family.
They worry whether they took a place in medical
school that was wasted. That is not a serious
problem in our country where we have the space in
schools but in developing countries, it could be
a problem.
‘Correct’
Feminist Answer. Disagree.
Thoughtful Answer.
When the present institution of marriage was
begun, imperfect as it was, by the Jews some 4000
years ago, they believed that the husband should
be the head of the family and he should love and
respect his wife. There could be books written on
this question. When the Baptist Church recently
discussed this issue, the popular press laughed
in ridicule. To expect a simplistic answer to
this question is not only religious bigotry but
shows that the author of the test has no
knowledge whatsoever about a thoughtful
discussion of this issue.
‘Correct’
Answer. Disagree.
Thoughtful Answer. We
are taught today that casual sexual intercourse
for a woman is normal and expected. Therefore,
the tolerance for predator males is high and a
woman must be careful. When she is drunk, she is
highly vulnerable. That is not the way I would
like the world to be, but any woman who ignores
that obvious fact is at her peril.
- Etc., etc., etc.
 Research
of Harvard Psychologist Seriously Flawed, Perhaps Fraudulent
Background
articles:
Harvard Professor Joins
Feminist Plan
Pollack became
famous saying girls are better than boys
MN
January Print Edition
See also:
Terrible
advice about homosexuality
Is
Pollack behind homosexual speaker at Belmont Hill School?
Professor
wonders if Pollack’s interviews are ‘fiction’
Pollack
is proud of membership in group ‘studying’ men
Pollack
does get around
Pollack
attracts the irresponsible
Soundbites
from William Pollack's Real Boys
Soundbites
from Christina Hoff Somers The War Against Boys
Who
says, 'men are more violent?'
When
the ‘boy code’ was really tough
Some
of us remember when women were cherished, protected
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