Blog: "WhyBoysFail.com" tracks boys' educational trends

'About' page here. Excerpt:

'That chart you see above is one reason why this issue is so intriguing: What happened in that time interval to motivate so many more girls than boys to aspire to higher education? That’s a puzzle, but there are reasons beyond that puzzle to conclude this is an issue that will rise in importance. Regardless of why boys are relative slackers, the momentum of this social change appears unstoppable, at least in the near future. Women will increasingly dominate higher education. Within about ten years, the average U.S. campus will have two females for every male.

Given that both the College Board and U.S. Department of Education agree there are no economic reasons for these imbalances (men and women get equal income boosts from earning bachelor’s degrees), something here is amiss. My own theory is that as the world has become more verbal, schools have allowed boys to slip behind in literacy skills.'

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Study: Smoking Pot May Increase Risk of Testicular Cancer

Article here. Excerpt:

'Marijuana use may increase the risk of developing testicular cancer, in particular a more aggressive form of the disease, according to a U.S. study published on Monday.

The study of 369 Seattle-area men ages 18 to 44 with testicular cancer and 979 men in the same age bracket without the disease found that current marijuana users were 70 percent more likely to develop it compared to nonusers.

The risk appeared to be highest among men who had reported smoking marijuana for at least 10 years, used it more than once a week or started using it before age 18, the researchers wrote in the journal Cancer.'

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Groups Question $400 Million for Abuse Programs in Stimulus Bill

Article here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON, February 6 - Some groups worry that the $400 million in bill for abuse-reduction efforts will do little to stimulate the economy, and are calling on lawmakers to remove the funds until domestic violence programs show proof of effectiveness. The call comes from RADAR (Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting), a victim advocacy organization, as well as from other partner organizations.
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Groups such as African-Americans for VAWA Reform believe the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) relies too heavily on law enforcement and ignores the needs of male abuse victims. Other problems include a rise in false accusations of domestic violence which lead to families unnecessarily being torn apart, and victims revictimized by abuse shelter staff, and immigration loopholes that grant permanent status to foreign nationals based on a simple allegation of abuse. In addition, statistics show that VAWA has not been effective in reducing domestic violence.'

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Book Review: 'Boys Adrift' by Leonard Sax

Article here. Excerpt:

'While I agreed with Dr. Sax's main ideas when I heard him speak on the radio program, I wasn't sure what was behind his assertion that the American culture was in trouble unless we reverse this trend. After reading this book (in one day, I might add - I couldn't put it down), I'm sold. We cannot afford to have nearly one-fourth of our young men living at home, not working or contributing to society, avoiding responsibility and believing that this approach to life is just fine - but that's the way American society is headed. Something is wrong, and Dr. Sax believes he knows why American boys and young men can't find their way toward a purpose-filled life.

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Israel's Livni woos female voters ahead of poll

Article here. Excerpt:

'JERUSALEM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - With Israeli pollsters predicting a close national election on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is wooing female swing voters whose support could help her clinch victory.

Campaign ads for Livni's centrist Kadima party splashed over billboards and across websites promise a "different kind of prime minister" and urge Israelis to elect the country's first woman prime minister in three decades.
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"I make decisions, not coffee," Livni told an audience in Tel Aviv of her role in the assault on Gaza, countering critics who have said she lacks high-level experience.

"This can also be a country in which women decide their future," she told a rally in Jerusalem to women wearing pink T-shirts saying: "The time has come for women to be first".
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"It is sexist to say Livni lacks experience. Here the (male) generals think they are God," Shulamit Aloni, a retired dovish lawmaker, told Reuters of Livni, Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians and a senior cabinet minister through two wars.'

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Girl tells police: Mom 'cooks me in oven'

Story here. Excerpt:

'HAMTRAMCK -- The license plate in the window of the family Cadillac reads "Best Dad." But a 4-year-old girl told police Mom wasn't nearly so kind.

"Mom cooks me like a turkey in the oven," she told police.

Hamtramck cops stumbled onto the graphic allegations of burnings, beatings and torture after the girl's mother phoned police Jan. 23 and confessed to "harming her children," Detective Ben Bielecki said Thursday.
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Police said Valentino's husband, Randy, wasn't home and there's no evidence that he abused their children.

After the incident, Valentino called police about 3 p.m. to come get her.

"She said she is harming her family," Bielecki said. "It's extreme. It's an awful thing that's happened. I just hope she doesn't get custody of the kids -- ever."'

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Al Roker: A Father's Promise

You may be interested in A Father's Promise by Al Roker on MSNBC. While this show correctly shows the importance of fathers to their children's well-being, it appears to blame fathers for being absent as well. Excerpt:

"More American boys and girls than ever are growing up without a father. It is a cultural issue that has emerged at the forefront of American politics. "A Father's Promise" explores this unsettling crisis. Coinciding with Black History Month, MSNBC will premiere "A Father's Promise" Sunday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. ET."

Sorry for the short lead time with this.

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India: Another feminist movement started based on entirely false data

These are entirely made up, concocted and twisted statistics that these Indian feminists are projecting to the world in order to beg for more and more millions from the taxpayers money of the western countries. Then of course, the money is used primarily to feed their own gigantic greed, and with whatever leftover money, to bribe the politicians into passing more and more anti-men laws, so that all men get so scared that they start to shy away from the institution of marriage itself. And quite obviously no one is worried about the ever increasing men facing domestic violence from their women partners! Here's the story: Ring the bell, stop domestic violence

'What do you do when the man next door is beating his wife? A) Close the windows and turn up the volume on the telly. B) Squirm but tell yourself it's no use interfering. It is simpler to not do anything and that is exactly what Mumbai resident Christina Lobo Jha did till a new initiative to end domestic violence gave her a third option - Ring the Bell or Bell Bajao.

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American wins fight to visit son in Brazil

Story here. Excerpt:

'BRASILIA, Brazil - An American who has waged a four-year custody battle for his son in Brazil reached an agreement Friday to visit the 8-year-old boy.

David Goldman reached the agreement during a five-hour mediation session. The custody battle started in 2004 after his wife took the boy to her native Brazil, according to Goldman.

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, who traveled to Brazil with Goldman in an attempt to reunite him with his son, announced the agreement after attending the session, which was presided over by a high-ranking federal judge.
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He said he has not seen his son since his former wife Bruna took the boy for a two-week vacation to her native Brazil in 2004 and never returned.

She later divorced Goldman in Brazil — a divorce he says is not valid in the United States — and married Rio de Janeiro lawyer Joao Paulo Lins e Silva. She died last year of complications from the birth of another child.'

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'Age of Testosterone comes to end in Iceland'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Iceland, ravaged throughout history by volcanic eruptions and natural catastrophes, is struggling with a man-made disaster so overwhelming that the women are taking over. It is, they say here, the end of the Age of Testosterone.

Next week a newly minted left-leaning Government led by Johanna Sigurdardottir will start to tackle the tough agenda of cleaning out the old-school-chum networks that have led Iceland to the verge of bankruptcy.

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Mens' Eye Protection Issues Revealed and What Women Can Do About it

Article here. Excerpt:

'In the safetybriefs.org blog you will find entertaining and informative solutions to help you or your company keep safety issues top on your list. It turns out that each post is written from a lighter side and some are written by a woman who challenges men to wear safety gear. Do not expect the standard OSHA lingo in her blog posts.
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Here is just a sample of some her current statistics about eye protection:

90% of eye injuries could have been avoided.
The average time off work for an eye injury is 2 days.
Men make up over 80% of all eye injuries.

The Sassy Safety Glasses Queen goes on to write this reminder: "Ladies, there is a good chance your hubby is NOT wearing his safety glasses. My solution was to buy a hot looking pair of safety glasses (I prefer OCC and Wiley X safety glasses) and told my husband how good he looked wearing them. You better believe he wears them all the time. If only getting him to unload the dishwasher was that easy." '

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Obama on track to ensure equity for nation’s women

Story here. Excerpt:

'Noting that 19 million women are uninsured, Obama has pledged to repair the nation’s health care system, support research into women’s health, and fight cancer. He said he will support moves to invest in women-owned small businesses, strengthen laws against domestic violence and provide for women’s reproductive rights.
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The president said he will protect Title IX, which ensures that female students and employees at all levels of education are not discriminated against, and help empower women to prevent HIV/AIDS. Women make up 45 percent of the workforce but hold only 12 percent of the science and engineering jobs. Therefore, Obama has said he will help increase jobs in science and engineering.'

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Massachusetts: Supreme Judicial Court sees possible bias in rape case

Article here. Excerpt:

'A sharply divided Supreme Judicial Court said yesterday that a 14-year-old boy accused of statutory rape may have been a victim of gender discrimination because authorities charged him and not the three underage girls with whom he allegedly had sex.

The case, which originated in Plymouth County, involved a high school freshman football player who is accused of engaging in various sex acts from August to October 2007 with three girls. Two were 12, and the other was 11.

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Domestic abuse bill brings men's rights to light

Article here. Excerpt:

'A bill proposing to increase fees in order to support domestic violence service agencies was heard Wednesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. If passed, the bill would designate a percentage of funds specifically for organizations that provide domestic abuse services for military members and veterans.
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Opponents of the bill voiced concerns the current funding for domestic abuse services has done little to prevent abuse. Many of the men who testified also thought the proposed legislation would promote a misconception that men cannot be victims of abuse.

According to Dr. Charles Corry, president of the Equal Justice Foundation, domestic violence cases have nearly doubled over the last decade, meanwhile the state's population has grown by just 23 percent during this same time period. Corry maintains this disproportionate increase proves current funding is not being used effectively.

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Obama Is First Feminist President, Panelists Say

Article here. Excerpt:

'(CNSNews.com) – Panelists at a feminist conference have made it clear that they believe Barack Obama is the first feminist president.
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Smeal wrote that Ms. “wanted to capture both the national and feminist mood of high expectations and hope as the 44th president of the United States takes the oath of office.”

She said when she met Obama, “He immediately offered, ‘I am a feminist.’”
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Other topics covered by panelists included the injection of feminism into popular culture and organizing the next generation of feminists.

Organizations taking part in the conference included the National Organization for Women, Feministe, National Council of Negro Women, American Association of University Women and VivirLatino.'

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