Genders diverge

In the contemporary USofA, girls and boys take different paths. The following visuals document the different life choices and life trajectories of the two genders.

Only in Vermont are boys keeping up with girls in high school completion. The South is notably weak in getting boys through high school.

It probably should not come as a surprise: Black and Hispanic boys lag behind all others in high school completions, while White boys only graduate at a slightly higher rate than Black girls. Everyone else is way ahead.

When it it comes to college degrees, the gap widens. Since 1980, women students have been increasing their share of BAs and MAs -- can dominance in PhDs and professional degrees be far behind?

The increasing dominance of women in the high school teaching profession may have something to do with whether boys believe completing education is important. Or it may not? But if we're not willing to pay teachers, a picture like this is not surprising. Teaching is hard; we don't pay for it. And you can still get women workers for less ...

I'm all for women getting ahead, but the divergence has to exacerbate the tensions which give us the Know-Nothing MAGA moment.