By Herald Staff -Herald Net 04/15/2019 “… Although testicular cancer accounts for only about 1 percent of all male cancers, it’s the most common form of cancer among boys and men between 15 and 35 years old. …” Read the entire article: https://www.heraldnet.com/life/the-most-common-cancer-among-boys-and-young-men-is-almost-completely-preventable/
Category: Socialization of Boys
Why do girls outperform boys on reading tests around the world?
By Margriet Van Hek – OUP Blog 04/06/2019 “… There have been fewer academic studies and media coverage about boys’ under-performance in reading. This is surprising, since it might offer an explanation for boys’ lagging educational attainment today. ..” Read the entire article: https://blog.oup.com/2019/04/why-girls-outperform-boys-reading-tests/
Nearly 1 in 13 US males reported having sex before age 13, study says
By Jacqueline Howard – CNN 04/08/2019 “… The percentage of boys who start having sex at a young age can vary based on factors such as where they live and their mothers’ education level, according to a new study. Yet among those boys, only about half described their first time as something they fully “wanted.” READ MORE
‘Boy crisis’ threatens America’s future with economic, health and suicide risks
By Warren Farrell – USA Today 04/07/2019 “… Boys are falling behind girls in the 63 largest developed nations. As developed nations developed solutions to surviving, they allowed more permission for divorce and for children to be raised with minimal or no father involvement. …” Read the entire article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/07/males-risk-boy-crisis-identity-america-future-addiction-suicide-column/3331366002/
‘Male Eating Disorders Tend To Fly Under The Radar’: How It Feels To Suffer From Anorexia As A Teenage Boy
By Samuel Pollen – Independent 03/28/2019 “… The number of boys with eating disorders has soared in recent years, and yet, many people still subscribe to the belief that this is an illness that only affects young women. …” Read the entire article: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/eating-disorder-awareness-week-anorexia-boys-men-what-its-like-samuel-pollen-not-eating-a8796416.html
A new report shows that diagnosis rates for ADHD have risen 30% in 8 years
By Abbie Kopf – USA Today 03/29/2019 “… There are also significant disparities in diagnosis rates between boys and girls, with boys being twice as likely to be diagnosed. …” Read the entire article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sponsor-story/blue-cross-blue-shield-association/2019/03/29/new-report-shows-diagnosis-rates-adhd-have-risen-30-8-years/3309871002/
Colt Hamlets poetry group helping boys manage emotions
By Daniel Clifton – DailyTrib.com 03/22/2019 “… She noticed several boys were getting referred to her office. It wasn’t that they were misbehaving, just struggling on how to deal with things happening around them from time to time. …” Read the entire article: https://www.dailytrib.com/2019/03/22/colt-hamlets-poetry-group-helping-boys-manage-emotions/
Boys Without Dads: Feminism’s Collateral Damage
By Philip Carl Salzman – PJ Media 03/06/2019 “… Boys are more sensitive than girls to disadvantage. Any disadvantage, like growing up in poverty, in a bad neighborhood or without a father, takes more of a toll on boys than on their sisters. …” Read the entire article: https://pjmedia.com/parenting/boys-without-dads-feminisms-collateral-damage/
Why are boys still being discriminated against over vital cancer jab? HPV campaigner DAVID ROSE fought for the life-saving vaccination only to see his son lose out
By David Rose – Daily Mail 03/23/2019 “… From September this year, a nationwide immunisation programme will vaccinate boys aged 12 to 13 against the cancer-causing Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) – now the fourth most common cause of male cancer. …” Read the entire article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6842695/Why-boys-discriminated-against-vital-HPV-cancer-jab.html
The cognitive differences between men and women
By Bruce Goldman – Stanford Medicine “… When Nirao Shah decided in 1998 to study sex-based differences in the brain using up-to-the-minute molecular tools, he didn’t have a ton of competition. But he did have a good reason. ..”Read the entire article: https://stanmed.stanford.edu/2017spring/how-mens-and-womens-brains-are-different.html?fbclid=IwAR2c0SzhEndBagT3UAzFwoKBYTSpw099Acf8Y6KYUSQUWvXZe0vX50FUo4g