By Groundviews 11/23/2021 “… Boys are often under represented or even ignored in the fight against child sexual exploitation due to the stereotyping of gender traits with males being considered strong and invulnerable and less likely to be victimised or in need of support…” Read the entire article: https://groundviews.org/2021/11/23/boys-cry-too/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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Gender, education and dropouts
By The Manila Times 11/30/2021 “…A recent article in the magazine The Atlantic pointed out that US colleges and universities currently enroll six women for every four men, a gender gap that is getting wider with every year…” Read the entire article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/11/30/opinion/columns/gender-education-and-dropouts/1824157 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Dangerous Changes Coming for Title IX
By John Schoof – The Heritage Foundation 11/29/2021 “… The Biden administration wants universities to change how they handle sexual assault claims on campuses. The changes would deny accused students their basic rights…” Read the entire article: https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/dangerous-changes-coming-title-ix The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Data Exclusive: 75 percent of black California boys don’t meet state reading standards
BY MATT LEVIN MAY 31, 2017 UPDATED JULY 19, 2019 “…Three of four African-American boys in California classrooms failed to meet reading and writing standards on the most recent round of testing, according to data obtained from the state Department of Education and analyzed by CALmatters. https://calmatters.org/education/2017/05/data-exclusive-75-of-black-california-boys-dont-meet-reading-standards/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
High rate of suicide among young, African American boys, data shows
By Erica Simon – ABC 13 “…We all know life has taken a toll on Americans in the last 20 months. But there is a group experts say is really going through it – young, Black boys. …” https://abc13.com/houston-health-mental-suicide-rates-among-black-boys-men/11199433/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
How Helen M. Todd Saved The Boys, And Our Economy
By William A. Draves and Julie Coates Helen M. Todd saved the boys, and our economy. Her story can, and is likely to, be repeated today. Today, young men are dying by around 50,000 a year from what the CDC terms “Death by Despair.” A primary result of all that death is that the READ MORE
The Essential Key to Black Boys’ Success in Higher Ed
By William A. Draves and Julie Coates The distinguished motivational speaker Forrest Lamb wrote us recently, “Growing up I never knew that I was a ‘Black Boy.’ I was just a boy – my parents’ son. It wasn’t until I left home that I discovered that I was a ‘Black Boy.’ Until then I was READ MORE
As The Mom Of Boys, It’s Important That I Take Their Mental Health Seriously
By Alicia Stein – Scary Mommy, 10/11/2021 “…According to the National Institute of Mental Health, men are less likely to experience mental health struggles than women. However, they are also less likely to have sought help for a mental health problem in the past year than women…” Read the entire article: https://www.scarymommy.com/mental-health-mom-boys/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Colleges Have a Guy Problem
By Derek Thompson – The Atlantic, 09/14/2021 “…American colleges and universities now enroll roughly six women for every four men. This is the largest female-male gender gap in the history of higher education, and it’s getting wider…” Read the entire article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/young-men-college-decline-gender-gap-higher-education/620066/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys are falling farther and farther behind their sisters: should we care?
By Leonard Sax – MercatorNet, 10/11/2021 “… There is a growing gender gap in higher education. According to the latest figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center: as of spring 2021, women accounted for 59.5% of students attending colleges and universities nationwide. Among four-year private colleges, women now account for 61% of all students…” READ MORE