By Argus Leader, 12/06/2023 “…Since a cap on boys sports was made public last week, officials with the Sioux Falls School District have refused to answer specific questions about whether Title IX’s requirement for equal treatment in sports also means capping student participation numbers…” Read the entire article: https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/education/2023/12/06/sioux-falls-title-ix-decision-to-cap-boys-sports-comes-into-question/71827301007/
Author: Boys Int
How gender disparities are affecting men
By CBS News, 11/12/2023 “…At the University of Vermont not long ago, it was move-in day for the class of 2027. About a thousand incoming freshman were meeting their roommates, finding their dorm rooms, and getting settled on campus. At first glance one might have thought this was an all-women’s college – 62% of this READ MORE
Boys’ reading motivation continues to lag: How schools can address this problem
By Physical.org, 11/06/2023 “…Children’s reading skills have been declining for some time now. Apart from the known fact that boys’ reading skills are worse than girls’, it is also common knowledge that they are less motivated when it comes to reading…” Read the entire article: https://phys.org/news/2023-11-boys-lag-schools-problem.html
Boys graduate high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong consequences
By News Press Now, 11/08/2023 “…They attend the same classes with access to the same programs, and even come from the same families. But girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country…” Read the entire article: https://www.newspressnow.com/boys-graduate-high-school-at-lower-rates-than-girls-with-lifelong-consequences/article_eabc6118-7e93-11ee-ba46-ebe4a2801afc.html
Maternal Aspartame Use May Triple Autism Risk in Boys
By Psychiatrist, 10/03/2023 “…Researchers find a threefold increase in autism risk for boys whose mothers consumed the sugar substitute aspartame daily during pregnancy or breastfeeding…” Read the entire article: https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/maternal-aspartame-use-may-triple-autism-risk-in-boys/
Boys and Men in the United States Are Struggling. The Left Should Talk About It.
By Richard Reeves, 09/13/2023 “…From being less likely to graduate from college to experiencing much higher rates of “deaths of despair,” men and boys in the US — especially working-class men and boys — are suffering….” Read the entire article: https://jacobin.com/2023/09/boys-men-work-despair-struggling-wages-education
Research shows ‘significant’ gender achievement gaps for boys, but there’s hope to close it
By Florida Politics, 10/03/2023 “…Boys in Florida lag behind girls in basic English language proficiency in elementary and middle school but, according to new research from the Helios Education Foundation, there is hope to close the gap…” Read the entire article: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/637620-research-shows-significant-gender-achievement-gaps-for-boys-but-theres-hope-to-close-it/
Almost half of young men have never approached a woman romantically; study
By Blake Dietz, 09/28/2023 “…Young people are more lonely, unhappy and have less partners than their parents; and it may be because young men simply aren’t trying, according to new research. A study published on DatePsychology reports that almost 50% of young men between the ages of 18-25 said they have never approached women for READ MORE
High Achieving Boys
By Division 51 “…Although many boys do well in school, data has consistently shown that girls, on average, outperform boys on nearly every academic outcome. High-achieving boys have increasingly become outliers in a system that does not serve their needs nor promote healthy development….” Read the entire article: https://www.division51.net/high-achieving-boys
Study: Depression linked to different inflammatory proteins in boys, girls
By UPI, 09/13/2023 “…Researchers at King’s College London said on Wednesday that a new study found that depression and the risk of depression are linked to different inflammatory proteins in boys and girls…” Read the entire article: https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2023/09/13/depression-boys-girls-protein-Kings-College/7741694624071/