By Blogs on 01/03/2018 “… Almost two years later things haven’t changed much. We are there again and so is our silence. Once again we have failed our children. Recently, the Norwegian Embassy contacted FIA through a letter and informed them about a man named Amin who indulged in child pornography in Sargodha. He lured the READ MORE
Category: Mental Health of Boys
Male under-representation in Higher Education
By Critica on 12/26/2017 “… Are those who claim to be concerned with discriminatory bias against groups generally concerned with under-representation? Here are the HESA 2014 statistics for the academic year 2012/13, for students in higher education in the UK. In each category, menare under-represented. Overall, men comprise about 43% of UK students, while women comprise about 57%. READ MORE
STUDY: FEMINIST TEACHERS NEGATIVELY AFFECT BOYS’ EDUCATION
“…Has the Sexual Revolution, and the feminist ideology that drives it, pushed men out of universities by undermining boys in school as early as kindergarten? Some writers are beginning to connect the dots between the shift over the last few decades in educational practices from fact-based grading to evaluation based on “non-cognitive” and “emotional skills” READ MORE
Year in Review: Ten Things We Learned About the Education of Black Males in 2017
By Huffpost on 12/26/2017 “… The year 2017 represented an upswing in the nation’s focus on Black males in education. While the Obama administration’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) initiative had helped to raise greater awareness about issues facing Black men (and other men of color), the election of President Trump and the pursuant end to MBK READ MORE
Why Teenage Boys Do Stupid Things
By ABC News on 06/12/2014 “…”Boys believe there’s a test to pass for manhood and this is different than a test for womanhood and femininity,” he (Dr. Amir Levine, an adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University) told CBS News. “You want to be READ MORE
10 Tips On Helping Teen Boys Express Their Feelings
By Huffington Post on 02/28/2017 “…Plenty of parents nowadays work to emphasize that boys and girls should be able to express their feelings in healthy ways whether those feelings are happy, sad, proud or angry. But it’s also important to make it clear that older boys can express those same feelings — even in ways READ MORE
Call to action: Kermit Elementary suspends boy for having an imagination. Here’s what to do.
By A Voice for Male Students 02/02/2015 “…Call to action: give Kermit Elementary School a negative one-star rating at Great Schools.com. Kermit Elementary has a “bully report form.” Use that form to report principal Roxanne Greer as the bully of Aiden Steward…” Read the entire article: http://www.avoiceformalestudents.com/kermit-elementary-suspends-nine-year-boy-ring-roxanne-greer-aiden-steward/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
“It’s just one night!” Sorority leaders baffled at U-Va. response to frat party ban
By The Washington Post 01/30/2015 “…The letter from 16 national sorority presidents — members of the National Panhellenic Conference — sparked an outcry on campus from students who said it was sexist and didactic to order women to stay home for their own safety. …” Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/01/30/its-just-one-night-sorority-leaders-baffled-at-u-va-response-to-frat-party-ban/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Issues Bulletin on Campus Sexual Assault and Safety
By Highland Community News 01/27/2015 “….SB 967 requires California postsecondary institutions – in order to receive state funds for financial assistance – to adopt comprehensive, victim-centered policies and disciplinary procedures concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. Under the law, an institution’s policy governing its campus disciplinary process must use an affirmative consent READ MORE
Did Slanted NPR Story Lead to Hasty, Illegal Education Department Sexual Harassment Rules?
By Competitive Entireprise Institute 01/26/2015“…Bad things can happen when an agency (like the Education Department) throws caution to the wind and regulates based on slanted media coverage from National Public Radio, rather than facts and evidence. …”Read the entire article: https://cei.org/blog/did-slanted-npr-story-lead-hasty-illegal-education-department-sexual-harassment-rules The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org