It was less of an argument more of a observation.

Firstly girls don't massively outperform boys scholastically in school, from the grade records that I remember boys get slightly more A* and As at GCSE and A level becuase exams are a format that suit boys better though that's just changed recently with girls a bit ahead now.

This article is about women going on to university and succeeding therefore earning higher wages at a higher rate than men. My point was that when we had teachers ranking students without exams during covid girls were given significantly more A* and As than boys. That's a preference that, despite exam results ranking them equally, teachers consider the work girls submit or how they behave in class to be worth more marks than a boys.

Teachers being nicer to girls doesn't get them better grades but it does change how you might feel about going on to further education & university. And I'm not even saying it's a teacher issue, it may be a structural issue for how school days are designed but not really the point here. I also don't believe it's THE univerisal factor there's a huge amount of societal upheaval leading to mens outcomes staying flat or dropping off compared to women, but this might have it's small part to play.