School Reforms, Programs, and Practices for Improving Men’s and Boys’ Educational Achievement
The educational attainment of men and boys has nosedived over the past several decades. Whether the issue is the rate of overall engagement, dropouts, learning disabilities and disorders, suicides, final grades, and so forth, the gaps have grown to a point that they now warrant serious concern and meaningful action. The problem is [...]
Dondi’s Clock and the “Paradox” of the Wage Gap
Giovanni de Dondi was a 14th century Paduan doctor and clockmaker. His masterpiece, which took him 16 years, to complete, was the Astrarium, an astrological clock which modeled the movements of the sun, moon and planets known to exist at that time. It was, without doubt, an extremely impressive feat. The clock [...]
Nigel Bethel Reinstated After Dismissal for Defending Himself From Amber Battle
The scenario as it unfolded is entirely what we might have expected, and what happens all too often in many violent altercations between men and women
Interview by PJTV at the First International Conference on Men’s Issues (video)
Recently at the First International Conference of Men's Issues (see my report of the event here) I was interviewed by Dr. Helen Smith of PJTV, who also interviewed Paul Elam and Dr. Tara Palmatier. We briefly discussed some of my work at AVFMS, the problems male students face in terms of educational [...]
Wearing Thinner: The “But Men Get the Majority of Stem Degrees” Deflection
Welcome, dear readers. School is now in session. Before we begin the lecture please do a brief preclass exercise by spending a minute taking a hard look at this set of graphs on graduation rates by sex over the past forty years: Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, Table [...]
Feminist Bryce Covert at The Guardian explains why we should ignore men’s and boys’ education issues
Recently, I wrote an article asking why Feminist Barbara Ellen at the prominent British publication The Guardian condones the sexual assault of schoolboys. It wasn't hyperbole, and it wasn't meant rhetorically. On the contrary, Ellen laid out a long argument as to why older women (sometimes much older women) who have sex with [...]
UCAS chief Mary Cook steps up to address the lack of men in nursing and teaching
This article from Times Higher Education yields more evidence that men's issues have reached the ears of upper-level education officials in Britain (see this earlier AVFMS article for more examples of this phenomenon). The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) is an organization which British students must go through when applying for [...]
Manstream Media’s “Failure to Launch,” and the Dangers of ADHD Medication
I would like to draw your attention to two things coming out of A Voice for Men, both of which are well worth looking into. The first is a recent video episode (viewable above) of Manstream Media Monthly which focuses on the "failure to launch": the tendency among young men [...]
Attempting Suicide After Bullying Over My Little Pony, 11 Year-Old Michael Morones Suffers Extensive Brain Damage
This boy will never be the same again. Although his heart is now beating and his lungs are now breathing, a part of his life is not coming back.
CDC: Autism rate spikes to 1 in 68; boys five times as likely to be diagnosed
Media outlets like CNN, USA Today, and ABC News are all abuzz about the recent press release from the Center of Disease Control advising the public that a recent CDC study concluded that the rate of autism spectrum disorder among children has risen from 1 in 88 to 1 in 68. [...]
