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by takoid 1262 days ago
For anyone else wondering what the five factors are:

> Sax’s research found that the following five factors attribute to our society of underachieving, disengaged boys: (1) changes at school; (2) video games; (3) medications for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); (4) endocrine disruptors; and (5) the revenge of the forsaken gods.

From this Amazon review which also goes into further detail: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2UQS7MYS7I5JI/

1 comments

Im sorry, but item (5) means less than nothing without context. Can someone who read it please add some?

I'll go looking for it & will edit this (if I make it in time, before the editing window closes)

Also from the linked review:

> In Dr. Sax’s final factor “the revenge of the forsaken gods,” he identified in leading to a generation of unmotivated, disengaged boys and men. Boys need strong male remodels to emulate and look-up to. Dr. Sax stressing that gender does matter because “boys and girls differ with respect to risk factors for social pathology” (p. 178).