By Neuroscience News, 08/28/24 A new study reveals that gender nonconforming play behavior in 7-year-olds is associated with increased behavioral difficulties, including autistic traits in girls and peer relationship issues in boys. Researchers analyzed data from 718 children in Sweden, finding that masculine play in girls and feminine play in boys were linked to READ MORE
Category: Socialization of Boys
‘It stains your brain’: How social media algorithms show violence to boys
By BBC, 09/01/24 “…When Andrew looked at the TikTok content, he was alarmed to find how some teenage boys were being shown posts featuring violence and pornography, and promoting misogynistic views, he tells BBC Panorama. He says, in general, teenage girls were recommended very different content based on their interests. …” Read the entire article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdqzxypdzo
The Problems of Boys and Men in Today’s America (with Richard Reeves)
By Econtalk, 09/02/24 “…Many boys and men in America are doing worse than girls and women in education while struggling with a culture that struggles to define what masculinity is in the 21st century. Is this a problem? Richard Reevesthinks so which is why he started the American Institute for Boys and Men. Listen as READ MORE
Ask Teenage Boys If They Use Muscle-Building Supplements
By Medscape, 07/22/2024 “…Primary care, family medicine, and mental health clinicians should ask every adolescent and young adult they care for if they take muscle-building supplements such as protein or creatine, according to a new commentary in the Journal of Adolescent Health…” Read the entire article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ask-teenage-boys-if-they-use-muscle-building-supplements-2024a1000df6?ecd=mkm_ret_240823_mscpmrk_uro_men_etid6767150&uac=468491AN&impID=6767150
The Precarious Online Lives of Young Men
By Time, 08/14/2024 “…We recently shared these statistics with a group of high school boys of various ethnicities and income groups from the Washington, DC area. In response, the boys shared fears, doubts, frustrations about adults who judge and don’t understand, confusion about what it is to be a man, and concerns for despondent peers…” READ MORE
Norway Broadens ‘Gender Equality’ Debate to Address Disparities Facing Men and Boys
By The Good Men Project, 06/12/24 “…The Norwegian Men’s Equality Commission recently released a comprehensive report on achieving gender equality for men. Titled “Equality’s Next Step,” the report expands the traditional narrative to also address the concerns of men and boys. The report documents the disparities affecting Norwegian men and boys across a wide range READ MORE
Restaurant donates part of dessert sales to Massachusetts boy whose ice cream stand was shut down
By CBS News, 08/13/24 “…A waterfront restaurant in Salem is doing its part to help a Norwood boy after the health department shut down his ice cream stand fundraiser. Twelve-year-old Dan Doherty was selling homemade ice cream to raise money for his brother’s hockey team, the Boston Bear Cubs. The program caters to athletes with READ MORE
Why “Boy” Culture Is Hurting Boys and Everyone Else
By Greater Good Magazine, July 8, 2024 “…We just assume the “boy” culture notion of boys is true, and we have all sorts of books that say it’s biological. I want to say to people saying gender differences are biological, “Have you ever listened to kids? Because if you ever listened to kids, you would READ MORE
Are girls smarter than boys? Not exactly
By Maryland Matters, 06/12/2024 “…The divergence begins early. Girls are “14 percentage points more likely to be ‘school ready’ at age 5 … a much bigger gap than the one between rich and poor children, or Black and white children.” By high school, boys have significantly lower grade point averages and higher dropout rates. And READ MORE
Boys Are Struggling. Male Kindergarten Teachers Are Here to Help.
By The UpShot, 06/22/2024 “…Boys are falling behind in school. They are less likely than girls to be ready for kindergarten. They read at lower levels. They graduate from high school at lower rates. This gender gap in education has significantly widened just in the last generation…” Read the entire article:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/23/upshot/male-kindergarten-teachers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.2qml.yWQLySkNse-S&smid=url-share