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Australian boys are at greater risk of doing badly at school, participating in juvenile crime, and committing suicide. “The root of these problems are cultural and institutional,’ says report author Jennifer Buckingham. “They have conspired to build an environment for boys which is demoralising and defrauding for many, and fatal for some.”