By Oxygen on 08/10/2018 “… A jury in San Diego awarded the victim of sexual abuse by a teacher $2.1 million in damages on Wednesday. The victim, now 19, is a former student at Crawford High School. His former teacher, Toni Sutton, 40, was sentenced to two years in prison for the crime in July 2016, READ MORE
Category: Advocacy for Boys
Universities love double standards. This professor works to combat them.
By The College Fix on 08/03/2018 “… Mark Perry works to champion equality on college campuses – just not the kind embraced by most student activists. For the past few years, he’s been calling out programs that discriminate against men, sometimes leading to them being opened for all genders. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/47541/ The Boys READ MORE
Teens Who Spend Too Much Time On The Internet Are At Risk Of Developing ADHD
By Giving Compass on 07/19/2018 “… While some experts have suspected that this kind of instant feedback and gratification might negatively affect young minds, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests such connectivity comes at a worrisome cost by increasing ADHD symptoms in teens who use digital media at a high rate. …” READ MORE
College students are forming mental-health clubs — and they’re making a difference
By The Washington Post on 06/28/2018 “… Mental-health problems among college students have been climbing since the 1990s, according to the American Psychological Association. And with services increasingly stretched at campus health centers, students have been taking action themselves through peer-run mental-health clubs and organizations. …” Read the entire article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/06/28/college-students-are-forming-mental-health-clubs-and-theyre-making-a-difference/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d47be8803349 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Male students in England and Wales more likely to kill themselves
By The Guardian on 06/25/2018 “… Suicide rates among university students in England and Wales have gone up slightly over the last decade, according to official statistics, which reveal that young male students are significantly more likely to kill themselves than female students. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jun/25/male-students-in-england-and-wales-more-likely-to-kill-themselves The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
WHO recognizes excessive video gaming as new mental health disorder
By The Inquirer on 06/21/2018 “… Your child’s proclivity for spending all day playing video games could be more than just a nuisance. This week, the World Health Organization recognized “gaming disorder” as a new mental health condition. …” Read the enitre article: http://www.philly.com/philly/health/kids-families/who-recognizes-excessive-video-gaming-as-new-mental-health-disorder-20180621.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
New hope for male fertility in young cancer patients
By Israel 21 on 06/21/2018 “… A cell culture system being developed in Israel could for the first time turn testicular stem cells into sperm-like cells, enabling the possibility of future fertility for prepubescent boys who must undergo chemotherapy for cancer treatment. …” Read the enitre article: https://www.israel21c.org/new-hope-for-male-fertility-in-young-cancer-patients/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
We Cannot Delay Any Further – Boys Should Be Given The HPV Vaccine Now
By Huffington Post on 06/19/2018 “… There is a vaccine that has been proven to reduce preventable cancers and improve people’s sexual health, yet it is still not available for everyone. The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine was introduced to girls aged 12 or 13 from 2008 across England, Scotland and Wales, with a catch-up programme READ MORE
Racial, ethnic, and sexual minority males among unhealthiest people in U.S., report finds
By Medical Xpress on 06/19/2018 “.. “Despite the odds stacked against them, the majority of vulnerable boys and men are resilient and oriented toward personal growth,” says Powell. “We have a lot of hope that we can create better communities and better lives for minority boys and men.” …” Read the entire article: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-racial-ethnic-sexual-minority-males.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Solving the Pronoun Problem
By Psychology Today on 06/06/2018 “… In his recent post, Cody Kommers suggests that in order to correct the hundreds of years that our language used the generic masculine, a better approach than struggling with “he or she” or “s/he,” or going back and forth between the generic masculine and generic feminine, is that we simply switch to READ MORE