By Kevin Mahnken – The 74 Million 06/10/2020 “… Importantly, suicidal behavior seems to differ based on sex: While studies have shown that girls are more likely to experience depression and make suicide attempts, teen boys are nearly three times as likely to kill themselves as their female classmates are. …” Read the entire article: https://www.the74million.org/a-new-study-ties-anti-bullying-laws-to-a-reduction-in-suicide-but-boys-were-mostly-unaffected/
Category: The Boy Crisis
How to raise boys so they’re comfortable with their emotions
By Rebecca Ruiz – Social Good 06/02/2020 “… While most parents right now might be focused on surviving the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps relaxing some of their efforts to help their sons learn about and question traditional ideas of manhood, Barker says the crisis presents a perfect storm for boys and men. …” Read the entire READ MORE
The Growing Backlash Against Female-Only School Programs
By John Murawski – Real Clear Investigations 05/07/2020 “… The charges of anti-male discrimination may soon balloon as advocates expand their campaign to K-12 schools that receive federal funding and are subject to federal regulatory compliance and Title IX oversight. …” Read the entire article: https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/05/06/a_building_backlash_to_women-only_preferences_123481.html?fbclid=IwAR20HBQM5Js6GlLJKZWTzG_2O2ye8sZvq-cxMDTw4ioYEifyd-vxdEfBSpM
Some media reports and updates on my efforts to challenge Title IX violations
By Mark J. Perry – AEI 05/11/2020 “… Universities and school districts have been illegally violating the civil rights of boys and men with impunity for many decades because nobody until recently has challenged illegal single-sex programs. …” Read the entire article: https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/some-media-reports-and-updates-on-my-efforts-to-challenge-title-ix-violations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FmmMP+%28CARPE+DIEM%29
Boys not preferred babysitters
By Cumberland Times-News 05/19/2020 “… In most instances, I’ve been told, “No, thanks, we prefer to have girls babysit our children.” My son is very good with children, and I’ve expressed this fact, but the answer is still “no boys, thank you!” Why are most people so closed-minded when it comes to the gender of READ MORE
Federal complaint against new girls-only STEM school in Lexington says it’s unfair to boys.
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears – Lexington Herald-Leader 05/11/2020 “… Federal Department of Education sex discrimination investigations have been opened on Fayette County Schools’ new all-girls elementary STEM program and four female-only STEM programs at the University of Kentucky following complaints from a Michigan professor. …” Read the entire article: https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article242629341.html
‘Anyone popular at school has muscles’: the rise of the ripped teen
By Sally Williams – The Guardian 05/09/2020 “… Charlie, 13, starts his morning with 40 press-ups; William, 15, spends an hour a day working out. But when does a healthy interest become a dangerous obsession? …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/09/anyone-popular-at-school-has-muscles-the-rise-of-the-ripped-teen
Family Instability Hits Boys Harder Than Girls and Has Double Poverty’s Influence on Childhood Aggression
By The Good Men Project 03/23/2020 “… Increasing family instability, caused by divorce and remarriage (as well as the formation and dissolution of cohabiting unions), is having a major influence on children’s social-emotional development, especially among boys, according to latest research. …” Read the entire article: https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/family-instability-hits-boys-harder-than-girls-and-has-double-povertys-influence-on-childhood-aggression/
White House, Warren Farrell mull fix to ‘boy crisis’
By Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times 03/06/2020 “… Warren Farrell, co-author of “The Boy Crisis,” says America has a problem with males and it’s one that goes like this: They’re not being raised to be men. And how true that is. Today’s boys are being taught that masculinity is a disease. …” Read READ MORE
UMass Study: Exposure To Household Chemicals Linked To Autistic Traits
By Karen Brown – New England Public Radio 02/24/2020 “… The study found that babies exposed in the womb to higher concentrations of those chemicals were more likely to develop autistic traits, like social impairment. But in the study of 600 children, the autism link was only present with boys — and it went away READ MORE