Havesomeseichel, perhaps Demosthenes was subconciously saying that boys have been and are being emasculated, and need permission to develop their more creative sides and not deny it instead of being pushed into some “best boy in yeshiva” cookie mold. Sounds more like the learning gap than age gap.
Maybe he can rewrite his essay so we’ll all be able to understand not just his conclusion, which didn’t fully follow, but his reasoning.
And Demosthenes, how long have you been so misogynistic?