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When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
Boys want to change the narrative, and education is vital in helping them.
Sensationalizing extreme behaviors like self-starvation and ‘bonesmashing’ rather than treating them as mental health symptoms can prevent boys and young men from getting much-needed care.
Three videos, three very different messages about masculinity and health. New research shows this is how the manosphere finds young men.
Amid a masculinity crisis driven by status anxiety and socioeconomic shifts, young men and boys are turning to physical transformations to assert dominance and self-mastery.
The goal is to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.
Normalising violence, worsening body image and sexist attitudes are among the manosphere beliefs that are bleeding into relationships and workplaces.
It starts with one innocuous video. It ends in misogyny, anger and nihilism. Welcome to this online rabbit-hole of toxic masculinity.
Factors contributing to school violence are found in the family, the community and the school.
While boys’ adherence to masculine ideals is weakening, many still feel intense pressure to conform to it.
Social initiation practices at school may normalise violence as a means of navigating power and identity among boys.
A balance needs to be struck between the protection of teenagers and the preservation of culture.
Research shows former incels found misogynistic influencers when looking for help. A developmental psychologist with a focus on adolescent boys offers key takeaways for parents seeking to create healthy, supportive spaces.
The series shows an extreme example of one teenager drawn into the world of masculinity influencers.
Dialogue can offer a way out of the polarization created between parents and their children by the internet and long online hours.
Adolescence compellingly showcases the disturbing experiences of youth confronted with bullying, misogyny and gender-based violence, as well as the relationships between fathers and their sons.
Focusing on girls’ schooling may put boys at a disadvantage and be an inefficient way to reach gender equality.
The idea that men should be stoic and bury their emotions remains pervasive, however, the ability to be emotionally vulnerable and expressive is and should be an important part of masculine identity.
The young men we surveyed mostly rejected traditional models of masculinity based on aggression, stoicism and homophobia, but a sizeable minority still support them.
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Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Psychology, University of Essex
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Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana
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Associate Professor, Psychosocial Difficulties, University of Oslo
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Lecturer in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer in Education, University of Lincoln
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Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, University of Nottingham
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Honorary Research Fellow, European Children's Rights Unit, Law School, University of Liverpool
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Head of Education and Human Resources Programs at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Trustee, California Institute of Technology
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Research Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Professor of African Studies, University of Ghana
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Academic and Professional Tutor, Doctorate in Educational Psychology, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer, The Open University