Author: The Boys Initiative

August 20, 2012 News Clips Benefits of infant circumcision reconfirmed as rates declineUSA TodayAugust 20, 2012 HIV infections among young black New Orleanians traced to abstinence-only sex educationTimes-PicayuneAugust 19, 2012 Teens having less oral sex, study saysLos Angeles TimesAugust 17, 2012 Sex Life of Teenagers Is Subject of StudyNew York TimesAugust 16, 2012 Eagle Scouts READ MORE

August 27, 2012 News Clips Will boys and girls have equal access to education in 2015?World Education BlogAugust 23, 2012 Boys on the SideThe AtlanticSeptember 2012 Mentor a young man and change a lifeHammond Community NetAugust 23, 2012Findings Gathered As Part of “Teach Kids, Not Stereotypes” CampaignDemocratic UndergroundAugust 23, 2012 Sex and the Single Teen: Internet READ MORE

September 4, 2012 News Clips Judge stops W. Va. single-sex classes: Were they a success or psuedoscience?Christian Science MonitorAugust 31, 2012 Advice for worried parents: Let the children playMercury NewsAugust 29, 2012 Circumcision Rates Vary Widely in U.S.Jewish Daily ForwardAugust 28, 2012 Boys Suicide: The Silent Epidemic No One Wants to EncounterClarksvilleOnline.comAugust 27, 2012 Opinion Will READ MORE

September 10, 2012 News Clips Studying Sex Differences in Autism Focus of $15 Million NIH Award to Yale Center Health News Digest September 7, 2012 Suits Challenge Classrooms That Segregate Boys, Girls Wall Street Journal September 5, 2012 New School Year Brings More Cuts in State Funding for Schools Center on Budget and Budget Priorities September 4, 2012 Opinion Forum: It’s READ MORE

September 24, 2012 News Clips WHO: Doping a ‘public health issue’“If we believe that around three percent of high school boys in the U.S. are taking a steroid or growth hormone, then that’s a public health issue,” said Dr. Timothy Armstrong of the World Health Organisation (WHO).Chicago TribuneSeptember 22, 2012 CDC: US kids eat too READ MORE

October 1, 2012 News Clips Boys to MenProgram aimed at helping parents talk to their sons about growing up.Boys, seeing chiseled models on the front of magazines like Men’s Health or Muscle and Fitness, practically any film starring Matthew McConaughey or commercials on TV for exercise machines, also are subject to forming negative views about READ MORE

October 8, 2012 News Clips Gay Boy Scout, Bullied by Troop, Denied Eagle Rank Ryan Andresen has spent a decade completing the requirements for the coveted Eagle Scout award, and now that he is just about to turn 18 — the cut-off date for attaining the highest honor — his Boy Scout troop won’t approve it READ MORE

October 15, 2012 News Clips Male sex-abuse survivors learn it’s OK to talk about itOne in six boys have at least one unwanted or abusive sexual experience before age 16, according to MaleSurvivor, a nonprofit organization that aims to prevent and heal the sexual victimization of boys and men. Experts believe this estimate is low.Daily READ MORE

October 22, 2012 News Clips Boys Now Enter Puberty Younger, Study Suggests, but It’s Unclear WhyThe study, widely considered the most reliable attempt to measure puberty in American boys, estimates that boys are showing signs of puberty six months to two years earlier than was reported in previous research, which historically taught that 11 ½ READ MORE

October 29, 2012 News Clips Colleges With the Best Safe-Sex Programs, From U Conn to YaleDaily BeastOctiber 2012 Fathers play key role in teens’ sexual behavior, says studyFathers’ attitudes toward teen sex and the emotional closeness of their relationship with their teens have a sizable influence on their teens’ sexual behavior, separate from the influence READ MORE