Weekly News Roundup
April 7, 2015

A study commissioned by beyondblue (an Australian independent non-profit organization working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety disorders and related mental disorders) showed high incidence of homophobia among male teenagers and that in effect are harming the mental health of young gay people and putting them at risk of suicide.
Empire State Tribune, April 4, 2015  
Op-ed: Double standard minimizes the sexual abuse of males
According to the 2010 CDC's National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, there are estimated to be more than 25 million male victims of sexual violence of all forms in the United States. Millions of those men never come forward to disclose the abuse they experienced. One of the major contributing factors to the silence around male victimization is the repeated use in our culture of language that minimizes and dismisses boys and men who are raped and sexually assaulted.
Salt Lake Tribune, April 4, 2015

Violent Video Games Don't Influence Kids' Behavior: Study

It's the amount of time spent gaming that has a greater impact, researchers contend


A small study offers a mixed view on whether video games may make kids more aggressive.Those children who spend more time playing games might be slightly likelier to be hyperactive and to get into fights. But violent video games seem to have no effect on behavior, according to British researchers.

Medline Plus, April 3, 2015
New York Boy Scouts Hire Gay Eagle Scout Despite National Policy
The Boy Scouts' New York chapter saidThursday that it has hired the nation's first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader, a direct and public challenge to the national scouting organization's ban on openly gay adult members.  NBC New York, April 2, 2015
A psychologist studying the symbiotic role that sexual assault and obesity play in attempted suicide among teens has found that while there is no connection between the two, one of three male teens who experienced sexual assault had attempted suicide in the previous year.
Buffalo.edu, April 2, 2015 




Experts are calling for a greater focus on men's mental health, with disorders such as depression or anxiety often mistakenly believed to be female issues. 
The National, April 2, 2015
"The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in Canada and worldwide. It is estimated that 75% of sexually active Canadian men and women will have at least one anogenital HPV infection in their lifetime," explained Dr. Vivien Brown, Family Doctor and Board Member of Immunize Canada. "Vaccination remains the best method to prevent HPV infection and to protect yourself from the risk of HPV-related diseases." Medical.net, April 1. 2015
A   2013 report  by the US Department of Justice on the sexual victimization of youths in juvenile facilities revealed that 89.1% of young prisoners claiming victimization were males reporting sexual activity with female staff. Only 3% were males reporting sexual activity with both male and female staff, the report added.
Ibtimes.co.uk, April 1, 2015

High levels of homophobia among teenage boys are harming the mental health of young gay people and putting them at risk of suicide, according to a study commissioned by beyondblue.
ABC.net.au, March 30, 2015 

Are More Baby Boys Born Than Girls?

 

Scientists have found some unexpected clues that could help explain why 51 percent of the babies born in the United States are male. When you put this all together, it turns out more males are born because more female fetuses are lost during pregnancy. "That's completely opposite to what had been believed for a long time," Orzack says.

NPR, March 30, 2015

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The Partnership for Male Youth is a collaboration among 23 national organizations and representation from six federal agencies. It is led by a multidisciplinary and multispecialty steering committee and advisory council. The Partnerships's flagship effort, released in January 2014, is  The Health Provider Toolkit for Adolescent and Young Adult Males.
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