hereorthere, I agree with you that Ritalin is poisen, but I think that it is prescribed more for boys because they are more active than girls and the teachers don’t have patience to discipline them. As far as the goyishe world having an agenda of promoting girls over boys, that could very well be as I see minorities are promoted over white people and usually this liberal agenda goes hand in hand with promoting women over men.
I think the feminist agenda is adopted by women when they feel they are looked upon as mere objects. That’s why in the heimishe circles where women are respected as people women don’t need to be feminists to feel validated. However, at the rate it’s going in some frum circles where there is too much focus on looks when it comes time for shidduchim, I’m afraid girls will start looking for feminist ideals if they start feeling invaladed as individuals.