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'Teenage boys today have witnessed the #MeToo movement rightly calling out misogynistic men, but perhaps they haven’t fully grasped the nuanced arguments about masculinity’s place in the movement. These boys are growing up in an environment where consent is discussed as if they are already guilty – or potentially guilty – of heinous behaviour towards women. The tone feels personal and, at times, accusatory, as if they alone are the problem rather than society’s entrenched patriarchal views of ownership over women.

I think this has left many younger Gen Z boys confused, provoking a sense of powerlessness in the face of vocal feminism. I am not blaming feminism per se – women have needed it more than ever to express what they face in society – as patriarchal structures need to be continually challenged.

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'The number of men becoming secondary school teachers in the UK has fallen to a record low - sparking fears boys are turning to toxic male role models in their absence.

Shocking figures show the proportion of male secondary school teachers has dropped from 46 per cent in 1994 to just 35 per cent today.

Experts are concerned this could leave impressionable young minds susceptible to the twisted ideologies of figures such as self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate.

They are now calling for a targeted recruitment campaign to bring more positive role models for boys into the classroom, reports The Sunday Times.

While staff rooms were once closer to an even split of men and women, the number of male teachers has been gradually declining since the early 1990s, according to figures from the Department for Education (DfE).

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'While the discourse around gender equality is gaining momentum, mental health crises among men and boys are being ignored, according to a UK-based psychology expert.

In his latest book, Benjamin Hine, Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of West London (UWL), UK, argued that men struggle to negotiate harmful notions of masculinity and are not included in conversations around gender.

Hine stated that body image, fatherhood, and sexual relationships are the key reasons stressing out men and boys. He called for addressing their concerns without framing them as “the problem”. The book also explored a range of other issues like education, gaming addiction, and homelessness - most of these issues are often ignored because men are too readily seen as ‘the problem’ rather than ‘having problems’, Hine said.'

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'Harley Watson was on a path to what he calls a "gangster" life.

The 17-year-old, from Clacton, in Essex, was a "lost and troubled kid", having grown up without a dad.

"I was behaving very badly in school and, if I'd carried on, I would almost certainly have been excluded."

His experience is echoed in a new report, which says young men who lack a positive male role model are in crisis.

Fatherlessness has a significant impact on boys' mental health, education and future prospects, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) report found.

Aged 14, Harley joined Lads Need Dads, a local programme that equips boys with life skills and confidence.'

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'She’s got a joke about Carr, a fair few about her “current husband” and childhood sweetheart Bobby, a good line about their son Fred — whom the doctor pronounced not neurodivergent but instead “diagnosed as ‘boy’”. And if she jokes about how white and well-off all three of her kids are, she has great lines too about how a man like Dave Grohl — “who looks like he sleeps in his car” — can father a love child. The gag is usually that men have somehow inexplicably been allowed to think they are better than second-class citizens.'

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'We have to examine why the manosphere’s predominantly young male audience is engaging with its content, what about it connects with them, and how it works. We must look beyond the noise and disregard our own reactions to truly grasp its power.

Boys and young men today feel ostracised by what they see as the dominant conversations in society. They find themselves problematised in gender narratives, framed as perpetrators of problematic behaviour, and portrayed as potential aggressors – before they have so much as made friends with a girl.

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'Many commuter train lines in Japan operate trains with women-only carriages on a daily basis during the morning and evening rush hours, as a countermeasure against gropers, or chikan, as they’re called in Japanese. Chikan use the crowded conditions onboard commuter trains as cover for their heinous acts, making it difficult to identify or confront the perpetrator before they exit the train and make their escape, and so women-only cars are offered as an option for female passengers who feel more at ease with no men in their vicinity.

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'Critics of the UN dismiss it as ineffectual for its failures to preserve global peace. Yet meanwhile, UN operatives are active in promoting the Sexual Revolution. Two scholars write that feminists “have turned the United Nations…into the global headquarters of feminist missionaries.” In UN documents, “‘peace’, ‘justice,’ and ‘development’ are linked over and over again with women.”

Some 1,300 “gender focal points” exist to address “women” or “gender” in the UN system. Its agencies are required to incorporate sexual ideology (“gender perspective”) “in all policies and programs.” Hundreds of offices and officials are devoted to the “promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.” Not a single such agency exists for men (or for families that include men), despite the fact that men are the overwhelming majority of war casualties, AIDS victims, victims of occupational injuries and deaths, prisoners, and more.'

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'In January, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a federal court to consider whether an Oklahoma woman named Brenda Andrew should get a new trial. In 2004, an Oklahoma jury convicted Andrew and sentenced her to die for the killing of her husband three years earlier. She is now the only woman on the state’s death row.

However, Andrew has long asserted that prosecutors tainted her case with irrelevant testimony regarding her sex life, mothering skills, and clothing. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court agreed. With this landmark 7–2 ruling, the nation’s highest court recognized that harmful gender stereotypes can poison women’s criminal trials.

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'“The poison of patriarchy is back and is back with a vengeance,” United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres told the opening of the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN in New York on Monday.

The CSW takes place amid a major global backlash against women’s rights, from the Taliban banning Afghan women from public life to the Trump administration in the United States pushing back against “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) which has resulted in cuts to research on women’s health.

“Misogyny is on the rise, and so, violence and discrimination,” said Sima Bahous, who heads UN Women, noting that “domestic and ODA [official development assistance] allocations to gender equality remain woefully inadequate and, in some cases, are being cut altogether”.'

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'Mark Koerner just learned the tough lesson that questioning the term “toxic masculinity” in a liberal school district can spur a reaction that might come across as, well, a bit toxic.

“It was pretty confrontational towards me. You can call it toxic. You can call it whatever you want,” said Koerner, vice president of the San Rafael City Schools’ Board of Education, a day after a throng of district parents vociferously panned his resolution during a school board meeting.

“Offensive,” “embarrassing,” ridiculous,” “tone deaf,” “insensitive at best.” Those were just some of the jabs in the nearly hourlong fusillade of admonishments, mostly from district moms, of Koerner and his ill-fated resolution.

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'Actor Anthony Mackie, who plays the latest incarnation of Marvel’s Captain America in "Captain America: Brave New World," warned that American masculinity is both necessary and exceptional.

Mackie has made numerous headlines in recent months, having taken up the iconic role of Captain America from its popular predecessor, Chris Evans, in Marvel movies. On Tuesday, "The Pivot Podcast" released an extensive interview where the actor spoke about both his career and his personal life, including how he raises his sons.

"In the past 20 years, we've been living through the death of the American male," Mackie said. "They have literally killed masculinity in our homes and our communities, for one reason or another, but I raise my boys to be young men."

He explained that he believes becoming young men consists both of maturity and the ability to be a protector.'

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'That Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini conferred the Indira Gandhi Award on Women’s Day to a Jind-based social worker once jailed for filing a false rape case has left the state BJP government red-faced. Court documents show Rekha Dhiman had in 2020 falsely accused 12 men of rape, and has previously also filed false police complaints.

On Sunday, the Haryana Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) sought a time-bound report on the matter from the women and child development department. The government has also said strict action will be taken against those found guilty in this matter.

Talking to ThePrint Monday, Haryana government media coordinator Ashok Chhabra, confirmed that the CM Saini “has taken this lapse very seriously and sought a report from the concerned department”.'

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'Smith College students can take a course on “Marxist Feminism” in the spring semester as part of the school’s Program for the Study of Women, Gender & Sexuality. Smith College is a private women’s liberal arts college in western Massachusetts.

According to the course description, Marxist feminism begins with the “simple insight” that “capitalism relies on the class politics of unpaid, reproductive ‘women’s work.’” Based on this understanding, Marxist feminists have combatted systems of power and oppression, including “patriarchy, slavery, feudalism and colonialism.”'

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'The vice president of San Rafael’s school board withdrew a controversial resolution Monday night that would have recognized “the indispensable role of young men in our community and commit[ted] to support their needs and acknowledge their contributions.”

Mark Koerner pulled his legislation before the vote in front of a room filled almost entirely with women after facing intense backlash following the introduction of the resolution Friday.
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During the 40-minute public comment period before the vote, nearly two dozen speakers described the resolution as “strange,” “ridiculous,” “offensive,” “a mockery of women’s history month,” and “a vanity metric.”'

Koerner that month proposed a resolution to instate an “International Boys Day.” It was denied. Koerner said he did not intend for the resolution to be divisive and admitted he was “open to revising language.”