By Equality for Boys and Men, 02/13/2022 “…In other words, while there are far more women signed up to be mentors than there are girls signed up to be mentored, the reverse is true for males. BBBS has attracted far more boys who want a big brother than men who want to be a big READ MORE
Category: Advocacy for Boys
Empowering Boys with Laurie A. Couture
By Jennifer L. W. Fink – On Boys Podcast, 02/17/2022 “… Empowering boys is one powerful way to address the boy crisis. Some people — often, people who don’t have or work with boys — wonder why boys need to be empowered. After all, they say, men still control most businesses and countries. But boys READ MORE
Online Course – Gender Matters: Gender in the Classroom
By You Got Class “…Your female students learn differently than your male students. Discover how girls learn. Take away 10 top tips for helping girls learn more, and the 5 tips to help girls succeed more. Then discover how boys learn. Take away 10 top tips for helping boys learn more, and the 5 tips READ MORE
The Global Lane – EP523
By CBN News, 12/09/2021 The Boys Initiative Executive Director, Vermelle Greene, talks to CBN News about issues concerning boys including school shootings and returning to school during the pandemic. Read the entire article: https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/global-lane?nid=604249 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Research sheds light on what’s killing young people, especially boys and young men
By Joanne Silberner – NPR 11/19/2021 “… First, the good news: The death rate among young people around the world has been declining, a new study shows. But boys and young men are not doing as well as girls and young women…” Read the entire article: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/19/1055129130/research-sheds-light-on-whats-killing-young-people-especially-boys-and-young-men The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
There aren’t enough men teaching elementary school. Here’s how we can change that — and why we must.
By Jason Baez – Chalkbeat New York 11/02/2021 “…Moreover, additional male teachers can model for boys, especially boys without fathers or with absent ones, a healthy form of masculinity. I’ve also seen male teachers connect with boys in ways that help them improve academically…” Read the entire article: https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/2/22751904/male-elementary-school-teachers The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys Cry Too
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
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
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