By Anna Patty – The Sydney Morning Herald 06/05/2019 “… Research from the NSW government shows his uncertainty is common for boys, who are being left behind girls when it comes to planning their careers. …” Read the entire article: https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/i-thought-it-was-a-hobby-why-it-took-culain-five-different-jobs-to-find-his-calling-20190603-p51tyw.html
Category: Socialization of Boys
Why boys get poor grades
By Ingrid P. Nuse – ScienceNordic 05/24/2019 “… Several studies have previously shown that when primary school teachers make subjective assessments of their pupils, boys fare worse than they do on objective tests like exams and national standardized tests. …” Read the entire article: http://sciencenordic.com/why-boys-get-poor-grades
Imagine: Are we failing our boys? Let’s look beyond the heavy mask of manhood
By Shelja Sen – The Indian Express 05/18/2019 “… It was Nobel Laureate and eminent novelist, Doris Lessing who pointed out that boys were the new silent victims in the gender war where they are being “continually demeaned and insulted” and subject to “automatic rubbishing”. I couldn’t agree with her more. …” Read the entire READ MORE
Failure to Launch Syndrome
By Ellen Hendriksen – Scientific American 05/18/2019“… But when young adults stay at home, don’t search for a job or contribute financially, and begin to withdraw from the world, we have the foundation of failure to launch. …”Read the entire article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/failure-to-launch-syndrome/
Data shows U.S. girls outscore boys on tech
By Sally Ho – York Dispatch 04/30/2019 “… In 2018, girls on average scored five points higher than boys on a 300-point scale because girls made gains between 2014 and 2018, while boys’ scores stayed about the same. …” Read the entire article: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2019/04/30/data-shows-us-girls-outscore-boys-tech/39427495/
Men are people too
By Andrew L. Yarrow – The Baltimore Sun 05/14/2019 “… Restoring recess and PE in schools to enable boys (and girls) to get exercise and play to help them be more attentive in class. …” Read the entire article: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0515-mens-rights-20190514-story.html
The Impact of Early Sexual Initiation on Boys
By Perri Klass, M.D. – The New York Times 05/13/2019 “… A survey finds that most boys who had sex before age 13 had not yet had comprehensive sex education in school. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/well/family/the-impact-of-early-sexual-initiation-on-boys.html
How do we approach conversations around mental health with boys?
By Deb Knapp – KATU 05/09/2019 “… The stigma around mental health exists for everyone, however, it seems to be worse for boys. …” Read the entire article: https://katu.com/features/kind-is-better/how-do-we-approach-conversations-around-mental-health-with-boys
Defining health risk in children with obesity
By Louise A Baur – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 04/02/2019 “… These children and adolescents are more likely to have a range of obesity-associated comorbidities, to experience weight stigma, and to seek treatment than normal weight peers. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(19)30107-5/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
A major victory in the war on boys!
By Larry Kummer – Fabius Maximus 05/03/2019 “… Ms Anderson shows not a trace of sympathy for the boys who have fallen so far behind girls. Just glee that girls have moved on top of boys. The only graph shows girls’ superior scores over boys. …” Read the entire article: https://fabiusmaximus.com/2019/05/03/victory-in-war-on-boys/