Behind the 'Mask of Masculinity'

By Continued

Carol Gilligan's work opened eyes around the world to the difficulties girls face in adolescence. But in many ways the statistics on boys may tell an even sadder story.

Boys and young men are much more likely than girls to kill themselves, to become the victims of a violent crime, and to be diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, experts say.

"I think we are seeing a national crisis in the lives of boys," says William Pollack, a Harvard Medical School assistant professor and psychiatrist who has studied boys for...