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 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Category: The Boy Crisis
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 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
‘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 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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
Sex trafficking affects males too, and a Denton charity wants to help
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
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 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org