By BBC on 10/12/2018 “… The age at which boys begin puberty is linked to when their mothers started having periods, a study suggests. Mothers who started earlier than their peers had sons who had: • armpit hair two and a half months earlier • acne and voices breaking two months earlier. …” Read the entire article: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45823220 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Category: Mental Health of Boys
She Said He Assaulted Her. Witnesses IN THE ROOM Said It Didn’t Happen. He Was Still Suspended.
By Daily Wire on 10/11/2018 “… A female student claimed a male student assaulted her while they lay next to each other on a bed one night after drinking. Just a few feet away, the man’s girlfriend and roommate were talking, and neither heard or saw anything corroborating the woman’s claims. The school suspended him anyway. READ MORE
Always Believe Women? Boy’s Life Destroyed by Girls’ False Allegations
By New American on 10/06/2018 “… The accusations plaguing Brett Kavanaugh have captivated the nation. Yet they’re not as damning as two relatively recent allegations of sexual assault made against a Pennsylvania teen — allegations that were backed by corroborating witnesses. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/30257-always-believe-women-boy-s-life-destroyed-by-girls-false-allegations The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Women to Crazed Feminists: We Will Fight You to Defend Our Men
By PJ Media on 10/05/2018 “… As I’ve covered the hearings and the circus surrounding them, I’ve heard a constant refrain — conservative women are furious about the false allegations leveled against Kavanaugh. They resent the feminist call to believe the woman and thereby assume the man’s guilt simply because he is a member of the READ MORE
Lawsuit accuses Seneca Valley ‘mean girls’ of targeting boy with false allegations
By Trib Live on 10/03/2018 “… While “Mean Girls Day” is being marked Wednesday in reference to a mention of Oct. 3 in the popular 2004 cult movie, the parents of a former Seneca Valley High School student claim in a federal lawsuit filed this week that their teenage son was terrorized by false accusations made READ MORE
Intersectionality and the Tragedy of the Black Male
Psychology Today on 09/24/2018 “… “Intersectionality is a concet often used in critical theories to describe the ways in which oppressive institutions (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, classism, etc.) are interconnected and cannot be examined separately from one another.” …” Read the entire article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-men-dont-write-blogs/201809/intersectionality-and-the-tragedy-the-black-male The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
University of Michigan Hit With ‘Male Discrimination’ Title IX Complaint
By PJ Media on 09/27/2018 “…. The University of Michigan (UM) is now under evaluation by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) due to allegations of financial, academic, and programmatic discrimination against male students and prospective students. …” Read the entire article: https://pjmedia.com/trending/university-of-michigan-hit-with-male-discrimination-title-ix-complaint/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
More boys are talking about mental health thanks to raised awareness
By ABC 8 on 09/25/2018 “… Some argue it can be more difficult for boys to open up and talk with a school counselor, but the district says that’s changing thanks to raised awareness of Mental Health in their schools. …” Read the entire article: https://www.kjct8.com/content/news/More-boys-are-talking-about-mental-health-thanks-to-raised-awareness–494302371.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
UI study finds premature boys and girls have different brain development
By Daily Iowan on 09/26/2018 “… The research was conducted through doing magnetic resonance imaging scans of the babies’ brains, asking the babies’ parents questions about their development, and observations from the time of birth. The researchers also looked at brains of infants born at term to compare brain matter at different stages of development. …” READ MORE
Boys Struggle With Body Image Issues Too
By Scary Mommy “… Did you know that there’s been an increase in eating disorders among males in recent years? And that, according to The American Academy of Pediatrics, boys are more likely than girls to get a binge-eating disorder? …” Read the entire article: https://www.scarymommy.com/boys-struggle-body-image-issues/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org