Role models for men and boys: Batman
Sammy Allouba has embarked on a video series exploring role models for boys. His first entry? Batman!
Boys
Raising boys to men vs. The death of adulthood
With each pipe and joint I gained skill and satisfaction. When it was done, I felt proud and a little more of a man. At last I had stood in the old plumber’s shoes.
Hostility toward boys too normal in today’s school system
Boys are a problem that needs to be fix rather than kids who need help in today’s primary education system. Christina Hoff-Sommers has serious issues with that.
Yvette Cooper says more feminism needed in schools
In a recent Independent article Yvette Cooper laments that girls are routinely called “whore, bitch, slag, slut,” by boys, have their shirts forcibly undone, their skirts lifted and held up by groups of boys, and have half-naked photos shared around as acts of revenge by gangs of misogynistic boys. Josh O’Brien calls bullshit.
Continuously ignored by the mainstream, hundreds more men and boys are killed by Boko Haram. What’s the excuse now?
The killing of men and boys in Nigeria continues to be dismissed with the refrain of, “They’re dead, who cares – we need to focus on the abducted schoolgirls.” Now, hundreds more males have been killed, so to those who dismissed the earlier slaughter of boys Jonathan Taylor has only this to ask – what’s your excuse now?
Boko Haram: Bring back our boys
This video by Humanity Bites discusses the large-scale murder of Nigerian boys and men by Boko Haram which our media and politicians fail to address, whilst they simultaneously fall over themselves to take action over the kidnap of girls.
War against boys. Are the ADHD drugs unsafe?
Drugs that treat ADHD are a great, safe remedy available to help hyperactive children. That is the word from esteemed doctors. That may be true. Or it could be a paid pitch from corrupt doctors like we got from the tobacco companies.
Help a child reach 5
This is is not really new, however I believe one thing that we should do is give some attention to what we appreciate, as we need to denounce what we know is biased and wrong. Lifebuoy’s campaign and the video are heart touching. If you haven’t seen it yet, here it is: As you can …
Boy-shaming “sex education” campaign planned for UK schools
We need to be careful when we start singling out only one group of people based on their genetic code and demanding that they “respect” another entire group of people. Yet that’s what UK school officials look set to do.
Masculinity is more than a mask
A new film, “The Mask You Live In,” looks to have promise but also to have some troubling premises. Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers offers an analysis of issues she sees in what’s available of the film so far, and it’s a view we suspect a lot of you will share.
