By Dallas Morning News 02/10/2020 “… In 2008, the Department of Justice studied commercial sexual exploitation of children in New York City. That report found 53.5% were male, 42% were female and 4.5% were transgender. The precise number of men and boys sold for sex is impossible to reach, but regardless how high the number READ MORE
Category: The Boy Crisis
School league tables: Boys behind girls for three decades
By BBC News 02/06/2020 “… Girls are now 14% more likely to pass English and maths GCSE than boys, with 64% of girls doing so and 56% of boys. Yet there is little national focus on the difference in results or measures addressing why boys lag behind. And campaigners and academics accuse consecutive governments of READ MORE
Boys with an incarcerated family member more likely to have diabetes as adults
By Bradley A. White – Healio 02/08/2020 “… Odds of diabetes among those exposed to family member incarceration during childhood for men were 1.64 (95% CI, 1.27-2.11). There was no significant association observed for women. …” Read the entire article: https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/online/%7Bd01bfc9e-c95f-4664-b5d3-1acb5f8784b2%7D/boys-with-an-incarcerated-family-member-more-likely-to-have-diabetes-as-adults
We need to talk about the boys
By Chris McGovern – The Conservative Woman 02/10/2020 “… These days, boys are rarely seen as being as deserving as girls when it comes to ‘care and attention’. We live in an age when victimhood status is conferred more readily on females than on males. …” Read the entire article: https://conservativewoman.co.uk/we-need-to-talk-about-the-boys/
I worry for my teenage boys – the beauty standards for young men are out of control
By Emma Beddington – The Guardian 01/28/2020 “… From men’s magazines to the chiselled gods of Love Island, boys are inundated with messages to both bulk up and moisturise. It all reminds me of my own youth, much of it wasted on bulimia. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/28/i-worry-for-my-teenage-boys-the-beauty-standards-for-young-men-are-out-of-control
Boys needs special attention
By Paul Golding – Santa Fe New Mexican 02/02/2020 “… Because of their innate slower developmental timetable and because they suffer the vast majority of neurodevelopmental disorders, boys need to be carefully attended to in the preschool expansion process. …” Read the entire article: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/boys-needs-special-attention/article_840b615a-4137-11ea-92fa-9f08d28a9fd9.html
A Tale of Two Charts
By Robert Franklin – Men’s E-News 01/21/2020 “… It’s a highly informative chart, particularly if one assumes, as the zeitgeist has it, that men are privileged and women oppressed. If Perry’s chart is any indication, much the opposite is true. Perry’s chart indicates that, if anything, it’s men and boys who need our attention and READ MORE
Healthy Men: Why do girls live longer than boys?
By Armin Brott – Medical Xpress 12/31/2019 “… The disparity between male and female death rates exists in every age group, from infants through age 19—and beyond. …” Read the entire article: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-12-healthy-men-girls-longer-boys.html
Why I Wrote My New Novel, The Stone Boys
By Michael Gurian – Gurian Institute 11/04/2019 “… As far as I know, however, The Stone Boys is the first thriller that takes on the complexity of male sexual abuse, male trauma, and boys’ developmental crises in the way it does. …” Read the entire article: https://gurianinstitute.com/why-i-wrote-my-new-novel-the-stone-boys/
Gender scholar says raising boys to be ‘emotionally stoic’ leads to violence, suicide
By Ben Walls – The College Fix 11/04/2019 “… One gender scholar who gives regular talks on college campuses argues that men are responsible for much higher rates of violence and suicide because they are often raised to conceal or suppress their emotions. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thecollegefix.com/gender-scholar-says-raising-boys-to-be-emotionally-stoic-leads-to-violence-suicide/