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'After a lengthy investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies into a report of a rape and assault, the woman initially believed to be the victim has been arrested and charged.

On the afternoon of Aug. 13, authorities responded to a business called "The Rooster's Crow" on Highway 54 in Whitesville to investigate a report of a rape and assault.

The Daviess County Sheriff's Office says the victim, Kylen Edge, claimed a man went inside the business, raped and assaulted her, and then left.

Authorities said they worked tirelessly to find the unknown suspect. They say the community was also on high alert, with some residents reporting they were afraid to leave their homes, buying security systems, and becoming suspicious of each other based on "rumors and misinformation" surrounding the supposed suspect.

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'After years of the “boy crisis” being discussed in academia and social science, it’s becoming a priority for governors — among them, Utah’s Spencer Cox, California’s Gavin Newsom and Maryland’s Wes Moore.

“Could the suddenly everywhere ‘boy troubles’ become a surprise political issue for the midterms?” Richard Whitmire, the author of the 2010 book “Why Boys Fail,” recently asked on social media.

“That’s my prediction,” Whitmire added. “The fun part: Either party could seize it.”

While politicization of any issue is not often seen as a good thing, in this case, it might be, Whitmire said in an interview. He has long been a proponent of sweeping changes in education to help boys become more proficient at reading at an earlier age, and he wants to see a courageous politician take up that banner.

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'According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is now the second leading cause of death among males aged 15-29, and suicide rates among young men in the US have risen by roughly a third since 2010. Across much of Africa, where I work as a public health and gender equality practitioner, men make up the vast majority of suicide deaths, and in Lesotho, the country with the highest suicide rate globally, men are dying at three times the rate of women.

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'Masculinity norms can create powerful labour market distortions. Men often refuse service sector jobs that conflict with masculine identity, preferring unemployment to doing ‘feminine’ work – a behaviour that is particularly salient following waves of technological progress and globalisation that disproportionately affected male employment (such as the ‘China shock’ in the US). This rigidity reflects how masculinity norms assign value to occupations based on their gender composition, systematically devaluing female-dominated sectors.

Within organisations, ‘masculinity contest cultures’ can promote intense competition according to masculine rules: displaying strength, showing no weakness, and valuing work above all else. These cultures normalise extreme working hours and create hostile, excessively competitive environments that undermine work-family balance. Such dynamics contribute to persistent gender gaps in the labour market – for example, child penalties for women and low paternity leave uptake among men.'

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'In the United States, the conversation about male suicide is as predictable as it is shallow. “Men just won’t seek help,” we’re told. And that’s the end of it. Nothing more is asked, and nothing more is done.

But in the 1980s, Finland was facing a suicide crisis of its own. Suicide rates were among the highest in Europe, and the deaths were concentrated in a very particular group: men — often rural, middle-aged, isolated, and drinking too much.

Finland could have shrugged, as America does, and accepted that “men just won’t seek help.” Instead, they made a very different choice. They decided to find out, in painstaking detail, who was dying, where, and why.'

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'It was a great idea - a charity started by a couple of Aussie blokes who persuaded men to grow moustaches to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Twenty years later, Movember has grown from that small group of men sporting hairy upper lips to become the major male health charity in the world.

Every November, in country after country, blokes fondly imagine they are doing their bit growing a Mo to support men’s health. As one of the very few events where men’s issues make it onto the public agenda, men with Mos and their financial supporters bask in the glow of raising funds they think will improve the welfare of other males.

Little do they know that this huge enterprise, run by a feminist and supported by mainly female staff, is increasingly committed to diverting men’s health dollars away from real male health concerns towards woke projects promoting anti-male ideology.'

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'In the late 1980s, Finland discovered something troubling. Among its highest-risk suicide groups were young men rejected from military service. At exactly the age when they were trying to prove themselves, they were branded as outsiders. Many spiraled into isolation, unemployment, and despair.

Finland’s response was striking. The Defense Forces worked with mental health groups, employment services, and ​therapists to catch these men before they fell. They created guidebooks for life after discharge. They launched projects like Young Man, Seize the Day to provide vocational training, community, and a renewed sense of belonging.

In other words: Finland looked at these young men — stigmatized, rejected, hurting — and asked, “What do they need to find a way back in?”'

Article here. She was saved by her "hiking companion" who used bear spray to send the bear running. I am guessing her "companion" was a man. Isn't life filled with these little ironies? Excerpt:

'A 34-year-old woman was injured by a brown-colored bear on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, near Lake Janet in Glacier National Park.

Park officials said in a news release on Thursday that the woman and one person were hiking near Lake Janet when a medium-brown colored bear with two cubs charged out of the brush toward the woman.

The woman dove off the trail, while covering her head. The bear swiped at her, injuring her shoulder and arm.

As this was happening, her hiking partner deployed bear spray, causing the bears to immediately run away. The incident lasted less than 30 seconds.'

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'Germany took a major step Wednesday toward a controversial return to compulsory military service, as Berlin confronts the inadequacy of its armed forces to stand up to Russia and the prospect that European nations will be tasked with providing security guarantees for Ukraine.

Germany — with the European Union’s largest population and economy — has committed to vast spending to confront the Russian threat amid American reluctance under Donald Trump to pay for Europe’s defense. But Germany also has a woefully understaffed military, and it faces other obstacles to rearmament after largely embracing pacifism since World War II.

On Wednesday, aiming to boost the ranks of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s cabinet approved a plan that would reinstate a form of conscription, which has not existed in Germany since being suspended in 2011.

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'American boys are falling behind in academics as early as eight years old. It’s a gap that only grows as those boys become men.

This special On Point series explores why America’s boys are falling behind in school, and what can be done about it.'

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'It’s obvious that feminism fits on the political left. At least, it’s obvious until you look closely. Then it gets complicated.
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Notice that these fascist or populist movements all claim the superiority of their in group – just like feminism. They assert the supremacy of group rights over the individual – just like feminism. They are guilty of prejudice and discrimination against the out group – just like feminism. And they use the language of victimhood and safety to justify their actions – just like feminism.

Why the similarities? That’s easy. It’s because both are us vs them ideologies. They are similar because that’s what us vs them ideologies look like.

Looked at that way, the mystery isn’t their similarities but their differences. The question now becomes – If they are both us vs them ideologies why are they different?'

Article here. H-wood is now lionizing some "ideal" man who is brainless, having no opinions of his own. Didn't feminists used to deride similar depictions of women, feminine but lacking any of her own opinions? The double-standard is glaring. Excerpt:

'Lately there has been a return of this type: the hunk with a heart of gold. For years, he was left in the dustbin of retrograde male figures, sidelined in favor of something more sophisticated: the self-aware outsider, the flustered nerd, the romantic misfit. Now there is a clear craving for the fantasy man who seems sweetly naïve, simple, almost oafish — concerned mostly, by the looks of it, with working out and the pleasure of a protein shake. If he seems unfazed by the byzantine requirements of modern masculinity, it is largely because he doesn’t know or care that they exist.
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'Gen Z is stepping out of college and into a fierce labor market, up against slower payroll gains, “ghost” jobs, absent hiring managers, and dwindling entry-level job openings thanks to AI. It’s caused millions of these young workers to be frozen out of new opportunities, and men are largely the ones being impacted.

Video here. Aaron Cleary is author of A World Without Men and other books dealing with social and economic issues.

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'A new analysis of publicly available data shows that unemployment is rising among younger men, and their labor force participation is stagnating. The good news is that there are some fixes.

"Over the last year, things have gotten worse for young men," Sara Estep, an economist at the Center for American Progress and one of the report's authors, told Business Insider. While young men's unemployment levels are below historical levels, "things are definitely moving in the wrong direction."

The analysis highlights both the issues plaguing the male workforce and where men are making strides; it also illustrates where policymakers and worker organizations can step in.

Fewer men in the workforce could lead to understaffed industries and weigh on the coffers of Social Security — and the men who aren't working might be at risk of worsening mental health and declining happiness. Funneling younger men toward secondary education and vocational school might help; so can opening up opportunities for workers with disabilities.'