MenAndBoysInitiative
@initiative_men
working to help create a more inclusive society for Men and Boys. highlighting issues where we have been left behind and seeking equality in life.
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http://www.men-and-boys-initiative.co.uk 15-10-2016 20:58:43
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Interesting we talk of “boys being boys” attitude as a barrier and now Barnardo’s also use same words
The first Home Affairs Committee hearing yesterday on domestic abuse was dispiriting viewing if you are a male victim (in heterosexual or same-sex relationships) - a clear narrative thread in first session was to minimise your existence & need for help/services parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/57…
Once, just once, it would display genuine equality if we looked into how men and especially boys are being failed. 1. In education, boys start reception behind and never catch up. 2. Now 60k more women in Unis than men. 3. Men 95% jail inmates. 4. Men 85% homeless x.com/ehrc/status/10…
Let’s hope they look at fatherless homes within this research Ulster University irishnews.com/paywall/tsb/ir…
With current discourse re: women being killed by partners/exes, do we discount the experience of male victims? I work with many male victims of physical assault by female partners/exes or by male relatives/friends of their partners. Are these assaults captured in DV discourse? x.com/Independent/st…
Increasingly aware when I was teaching, interpretation of boys' behaviour was being "naughty" or beligerent, when underlying causes were likely same as girls who presented withdrawn, anxious or self harmed. We need to get to grips with presenting behaviours of childhood distress. x.com/MBCoalition/st…