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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 19 Aug 2013

    Schools are safer than ever - so why are boys punished for being boys? http://ti.me/17Ee2Jy 

    8:29 AM - 19 Aug 2013
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      1. Rhonda‏ @rmpck 28 Aug 2013
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        “@sapinker: Schools are safer than ever - so why are boys punished for being boys? http://ti.me/17Ee2Jy ” they have no outlet for energy!

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      1. Vaibhav Puranik‏ @i_vp 19 Aug 2013
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        RT @sapinker: Schools are safer than ever - so why are boys punished for being boys? http://ti.me/17Ee2Jy 

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      1. Jon Boeckenstedt‏ @JonBoeckenstedt 19 Aug 2013
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        .@sapinker @smfrogers There is an excellent essay about the difficulty of men and boys at http://denisdutton.com/baumeister.htm 

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      1. Aaron Fish‏ @ahfish 29 Aug 2013
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        RT @sapinker: Schools are safer than ever - so why are boys punished for being boys? http://ti.me/17Ee2Jy 

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      1. Thomas de Ming‏ @Thomas_de_Ming 28 Aug 2013
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        Utmanande även i svensk kontext RT @sapinker: Schools are safer than ever - so why are boys punished for being boys? http://ti.me/17Ee2Jy ”

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      1. QA‏ @dShopkeeper 28 Aug 2013
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        “@sapinker: Schools are safer than ever - so why are boys punished for being boys? http://ti.me/17Ee2Jy ”

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      1. chris‏ @HaylingChris 21 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Not just punished for being boys, but medicated out of it with Ritalin!

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      1. Aleks Słota‏ @aleksslota 19 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker @chxxlie What exactly is being a boy?

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      1. Craig Fox‏ @fynthorn 19 Aug 2013
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        .@sapinker These crackdowns on 'war play' will never prevent a single shooting.

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      1. indented‏ @indented 19 Aug 2013
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        .@sapinker a gender issue? C'mon... These are clearly cases of 0 tolerance gone too far. But anti-boy?

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      1. Gottlobity‏ @frege 19 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker @michaelshermer Oh dear patriarchal values challenged! Snot fair, bleat, bleat,.

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      1. Ciro Galli‏ @CiroGalli 19 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker @michaelshermer "schools are so much safer now that everybody has a gun." ~Peter Griffin.

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      1. DAVID PETROPOULOS‏ @dspetro 19 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker -''Most Boys aren't sociopathic''--very true. An embarrassing failure to mention Bipolarity. A wonderful lapse in judgement.

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      1. Get Smart/ Educ8‏ @getsm4rtmedia 19 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker A school I was once in on World Book Day made one of the teachers who dressed as Mike TV surrender the gun from his cowboy outfit!

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      1. jason lemieux‏ @jaylemeux 19 Aug 2013
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        Is it not your belief that gender is cultural, @sapinker?

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      1. Petter Nybråten‏ @Petterinuet 19 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Society and testosteron are at odds.

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      1. Kapphaaaaaaahn‏ @kikapp 19 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker sure zero tolerance policies are ridiculous, but odd that gender-based social norms are the focus here.

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      1. Unwoke Duffy (Monogamy Enforcer)  📟‏ @TheIllegit 19 Aug 2013
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        Feminized culture via Sex. Revolution RT @sapinker Schools are safer than ever -why are boys punished for being boys? http://ti.me/17Ee2Jy 

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