By NY Daily News on 08/02/2018 “… A Bronx high school teacher charged with performing oral sex on a 14-year-old student will get a jail-free sentence after pleading guilty to criminal sex act. Dori Myers, 30, who taught at the New School for Leadership and the Arts in Kingsbridge, will also get to keep her teaching READ MORE
Category: Mental Health of Boys
Boys should get HPV jab to protect against cancer, health advisers say
By The Guardian on 07/18/2018 “… The JCVI said: “If considering a cost-effectiveness analysis where a combined girls’ and boys’ programme is compared to no vaccination, gender-neutral HPV vaccination is highly likely to be cost-effective.” …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/18/boys-should-get-hpv-jab-to-protect-against-cancer-health-advisers-say The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Address disparities in education to enhance social harmony
By Daily Nation on 07/05/2018 “… But the more significant comparative statistics weren’t obvious from the official handout. As deans of schools and faculties presented candidates for conferment of degrees, it became apparent that there were more female than male candidates at the upper end of the academic ladder. The gap between female and male achievers READ MORE
Boys more ‘cliquey’ than girls
By BBC on 07/26/2018 “… Whether it’s due to popular teen films such as Mean Girls or gender stereotypes most people imagine girls form more cliques than boys. Yet a new study contradicts this, suggesting that boys are more likely to form tight-knit friendship groups. …” Read the entire article: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44954170 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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
Real men don’t cry: Is silence leading to suicide?
By Canindia on 07/20/2018 “… In the past week, I received the sad news that two dear friends, one his 40s and the other in his 50s, ended their lives. After coming to terms with the initial shock, my thoughts went to their family members. Did they have even the smallest inkling of what their loved READ MORE
UT makes student reflect on ‘masculinity’ as punishment
By Campus Reform on 07/19/2018 “… According to an internal letter obtained by Campus Reform, following an appeal of his sanctions, the student received a note from UT president Gregory Fenves stating that “nothing you allege, even if true, would change the ultimate outcome of this matter.” …” Read the entire article: https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11139&utm_campaign=CampusWire&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64604957&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Z4DbnHSZNimdqi0evI9vI_AR8ywlrIoVG-eZp7dJF6UBoZObMTh0IE2aE5qYUIhyWM6U79XNmnKKEMAvV4RSfLJzIFQ&_hsmi=64604957 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
When Men Are the Victims of Domestic Violence
By The Crime Report on 06/27/2018 “… On February 25, the actress Heather Locklear was involved in a domestic violence incident. Sadly, such incidents are not uncommon. What makes this case unusual—aside from Locklear’s celebrity—is that she was the attacker, not the victim. …” Read the entire article: https://thecrimereport.org/2018/06/27/when-men-are-the-victims-of-domestic-violence/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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