By Sally Ho – York Dispatch 04/30/2019 “… In 2018, girls on average scored five points higher than boys on a 300-point scale because girls made gains between 2014 and 2018, while boys’ scores stayed about the same. …” Read the entire article: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2019/04/30/data-shows-us-girls-outscore-boys-tech/39427495/
Author: The Boys Initiative
Boys’ suicides rose following release of ’13 Reasons Why’; third season prompts warnings for all families
By Melissa Patrick – NKyTribune 05/13/2019 “… The rate of suicide among 10- to 17-year-olds in the U.S. increased 29% in the months after the Netflix show “13 Reasons Why” was first telecast in March 2017, according to a federal study. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nkytribune.com/2019/05/boys-suicides-rose-following-release-of-13-reasons-why-third-season-prompts-warnings-for-all-families/
Men are people too
By Andrew L. Yarrow – The Baltimore Sun 05/14/2019 “… Restoring recess and PE in schools to enable boys (and girls) to get exercise and play to help them be more attentive in class. …” Read the entire article: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0515-mens-rights-20190514-story.html
The Impact of Early Sexual Initiation on Boys
By Perri Klass, M.D. – The New York Times 05/13/2019 “… A survey finds that most boys who had sex before age 13 had not yet had comprehensive sex education in school. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/well/family/the-impact-of-early-sexual-initiation-on-boys.html
How do we approach conversations around mental health with boys?
By Deb Knapp – KATU 05/09/2019 “… The stigma around mental health exists for everyone, however, it seems to be worse for boys. …” Read the entire article: https://katu.com/features/kind-is-better/how-do-we-approach-conversations-around-mental-health-with-boys
Defining health risk in children with obesity
By Louise A Baur – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 04/02/2019 “… These children and adolescents are more likely to have a range of obesity-associated comorbidities, to experience weight stigma, and to seek treatment than normal weight peers. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(19)30107-5/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
A major victory in the war on boys!
By Larry Kummer – Fabius Maximus 05/03/2019 “… Ms Anderson shows not a trace of sympathy for the boys who have fallen so far behind girls. Just glee that girls have moved on top of boys. The only graph shows girls’ superior scores over boys. …” Read the entire article: https://fabiusmaximus.com/2019/05/03/victory-in-war-on-boys/
Who can fathom why boys take their own lives? Here’s 13 Reasons Why
By Zac Seidler – The Sydney Morning Herald 03/02/2019 “… Male distress, on the other hand, is fundamentally misunderstood, mistreated and minimised. This is why we have boys taking their lives at staggering rates even after watching a show about a girl who may have completely different problems from their own. …” Read the entire READ MORE
I Was Sexually Assaulted by My Stepmom
By Men’s Health 04/30/2019 “… One in 20 boys will suffer sexual abuse. The author, who asked to remain anonymous, wasn’t yet a teenager when he was raped by his stepmother. …” Read the entire article: https://www.menshealth.com/health/a27005160/male-sexual-assault-survivor/
Girls beat boys in a major test of tech and engineering skills—and the gap is growing
By Jenny Anderson – Quartz 05/01/2019 “…The report is yet more bad news for boys, who lag girls on nearly every measure of academic success, with massive gender gaps in reading as well graduation rates in high school and college. …” Read the entire article: https://qz.com/1609588/on-a-major-us-stem-test-girls-are-significantly-ahead-of-boys/