By James Gilboy – The Drive 01/08/2019 “…The California Department of Insurance announced Thursday that it no longer permits the use of gender as a variable in the calculation of car insurance premiums. …” Read the entire article: http://thedrive.com/news/25832/california-rules-gender-cannot-influence-car-insurance-premiums?fbclid=IwAR1EzBlkUb0qWpO8bP2Mhi2cZMEv2n37pRR0phYkkXEU3PuDAioPWq1nSG0
Category: Socialization of Boys
Warren Farrell Discusses The Boy Crisis on Fox & Friends
“…Warren Farrell Discusses The Boy Crisis on Fox & Friends…” Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Enlr4sCb6w&fbclid=IwAR3o71gMMZ3evH4JNrUxnO9y8XT4jgvz5qTUJclN9I9wNSSg73UaCbO9XwI
Men should also be vaccinated against HPV, say health experts
By Punjab News Express 02/05/2019 “… The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that besides girls, all boys in the age group of 11 or 12 should be vaccinated against HPV and may be vaccinated till 21 years of age. …” Read the entire article: http://punjabnewsexpress.com/national/news/-men-should-also-be-vaccinated-against-hpv-say-health-experts-85265.aspx
Wouldn’t A michigan Girls Only Camp Be Sexist?
By WBCK 02/18/2019 “…According to Mlive, Mark Perry a professor at the University of Michigan-Flint’s School of Management, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights against Wayne State University over their computer coding camp hosted at the university last summer. He believes that the girls only camp violated the READ MORE
Parents are OK with girls playing with trucks. Not so much with boys wearing makeup
By Sonja Haller – USA Today 02/05/2019 “…A study of more than 1,000 adults by SeniorLiving.org looked at the ages associated with discussing two dozen sensitive topics such as gender identity, racial discrimination, political beliefs, drugs, sex and mass shootings. The survey also addressed how gender plays a role in what parents see as acceptable behavior for their kids. READ MORE
For gender parity, reach out to young boys
By Lalita Panicker – Hindustan Times 02/02/2019 “…The government ought to have a programme specifically aimed at young boys and men. Surely, that should not be difficult if it is done at the school level. The boy should be told that it is all right to be weak at times, that it is not unmanly READ MORE
The Life of an American Boy at 17
By Jennifer Percy – Esquire 02/12/2019 “…This girl he didn’t really know told him to stop. When he did it again, she smacked him in the face. He smacked her back. She clawed at him, and he fell into a row of computers. The bell rang, and the girl ran off. “The teacher asked me READ MORE
Boys who can’t pay attention in kindergarten earn less as adults, study finds
By Kari Paul – Market Watch 02/12/2019 “…Researchers examined the behavior of nearly 1,000 boys from low-socioeconomic neighborhoods in Montreal ages 5 and 6 in April 1984 and followed up 30 years later, in December 2015. …” Read the entire article: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/boys-who-lack-attention-in-kindergarten-meet-the-same-financial-fate-as-adults-2019-02-11
Boys Don’t Cry
By Katie Swaney – The Good Men Project 02/07/2019 “…I’ve always struggled with the age-old adage that boys don’t cry. Growing up, I couldn’t understand it. If it was okay for boys to be happy or angry, why was the concept of them feeling sad or crying so extreme?…” Read the entire article: https://goodmenproject.com/families/boys-dont-cry/
Fraternities Can Push Boys Toward a Terrible Sort of Masculinity—Or Help Them Resist It
By Alexandra Robbins – The Atlantic 02/08/2019 “…While frats often make headlines for dangerous behavior, healthy chapters provide young men with intimacy and emotional support at the time they need it most. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/what-healthy-fraternity-looks-like/582112/