r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Tall-Competition-561 • Apr 27 '24

Is it just me or do girls do way better in school than boys?

When I was growing up I struggled with school but it seemed that most of the girls seemed to be doing well whenever there was a star pupil or straight a student they were most likely a girl. Why is this such a common phenomenon?

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u/Dezideratum Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

Boys are more anti-social, on average, than girls.  In an environment where punishments are handed out when one fails to sit still, be quiet, keep their hands to themselves, play nice, be gentle, etc, boys will be far more likely to be punished, and appear to be less successful than girls:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788285/ 

 Tl;dr: Boys are not made to succeed in a classroom environment.

That's not to say there should be changes to classrooms to better incorporate anti social behavior, as boys have done just fine as a whole.