You might have thought that boys brought up in a single-sex environment would find relationships with girls difficult to handle.
Now research due to be published tomorrow proves it.
It shows that boys taught in singlesex schools are more likely to be divorced or separated from their partner than those who attended a mixed school by their early 40s….
Dr Leonard’s findings have fuelled claims from teachers’ leaders and education psychologists that boys brought up in a single-sex environment are less able to relate to the opposite sex than those taught in a co-educational school.
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: “All the research shows single-sex schools are good for girls but bad for boys – both in terms of academic performance and socialisation.
“Girls seem to learn what the nature of the beast is if they have been to single sex schools whereas boys taught on their own seem to find girls more puzzling.”
Dr Bousted added: “Boys learn better when they are with girls and they actually learn to get on better.”
The research also reveals that men taught in boys’ schools are more likely to suffer from “a sense of malaise” or depression by their early 40s – possibly as a result of relationship breakdown.
Men were also more likely to have spoken of a “dislike” for their school days if taught in a male-dominated environment.
Oct 14
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