By Medical Xpress on 06/19/2018 “.. “Despite the odds stacked against them, the majority of vulnerable boys and men are resilient and oriented toward personal growth,” says Powell. “We have a lot of hope that we can create better communities and better lives for minority boys and men.” …” Read the entire article: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-racial-ethnic-sexual-minority-males.html
Category: Socialization of Boys
UMich ignored federal guidance in dismissing Title IX complaint
By Campus Reform on 06/15/2018 “… The University of Michigan did not follow proper procedure when it closed a Title IX probe investigating a professor’s allegation that 11 of the school’s programs exclude men. …” Read the entire article: https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11023
Morning Mix Clarinetist discovers his ex-girlfriend faked a rejection letter from his dream school
By The Washington Post on 06/15/2018 “… Eric Abramovitz was 7 years old when he first learned to play the clarinet. By the time he was 20, the Montreal native had become an award-winning clarinetist, studying with some of Canada’s most elite teachers and performing a solo with Quebec’s finest symphony orchestra. …” Read the entire article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/15/clarinetist-discovers-his-ex-girlfriend-faked-a-rejection-letter-from-his-dream-school/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0e4fb1624641&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Solving the Pronoun Problem
By Psychology Today on 06/06/2018 “… In his recent post, Cody Kommers suggests that in order to correct the hundreds of years that our language used the generic masculine, a better approach than struggling with “he or she” or “s/he,” or going back and forth between the generic masculine and generic feminine, is that we simply switch to READ MORE
Saving the Minds of Boys and Girls
By Gurian Institute on 05/25/2018 “… In Santa Fe, Texas, there has been another school shooting. A 17-year-old boy opened fire on classmates and teachers, killing 10 and injuring 10 more. He carefully planned out his crime and journaled it in his cellphone and computer. His Facebook and Instagram accounts, taken down immediately upon the shooting, READ MORE
Anti-HPV jab will be given to teenage boys… but only if they identify as girls so that ‘they fit in with their peers’
By Daily Mail on 06/02/2018 “… However, boys will continue to be denied the vaccine, which protects against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer among other forms of the disease. …” Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5799375/Anti-HPV-jab-given-teenage-boys-identify-girls.html#ixzz5HTfVjQ82
NHTSA Targets Young Males in Seat Belt Safety Campaign
By EHS Today on 05/21/2018 “… “Safety is our top priority, and this department is proud to stand with local law enforcement officials to help spread the word about the importance of buckling up,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao, in a statement. …” Read the entire article: http://www.ehstoday.com/safety/nhtsa-targets-young-males-seat-belt-safety-campaign
Boys mental health treatment funding in jeopardy
By Mankato Freepress on 05/11/2018 “… ST. PETER — St. Peter’s Leo A. Hoffmann Center for boys with mental illnesses faces a funding crisis after a review deemed it no longer eligible for federal Medicaid dollars. …” Read the entire article: http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/boys-mental-health-treatment-funding-in-jeopardy/article_9dc3031e-5552-11e8-a9da-f37056e70875.html
I Worry About My Son’s Future and I’m Trying to Help
By Good Men Project on 05/21/2018 “… The world isn’t very pro-men these days. Let’s face facts. It’s not. I remember one day when I was talking to my counsellor and trying to understand the things that I do from a better perspective. I recall the discussion we were having around the steps that I was READ MORE
Study: Boys’ Fitness Has Declined Over the Past 20 Years
By US News on 05/22/2018 “… The research, conducted by the European Association for the Study of Obesity in Malaga, Spain, tested the aerobic fitness of 11-year-old boys by measuring heart rate recovery, the speed at which the heart rate returns to normal after exercise. The use of the metric as a gauge for physical fitness READ MORE