Washington Initiative for Boys and Men
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A Gender Policy Council That’s Sexist … and Racist? | OpinionOn 2/15/21 at 6:00 AM ESTBy Warren Farrell Every new president vows to heal the very divide his party and opponents have spent the last … Read more
More than three times more men committed suicide in Washington state between 2015 and 2019, the Centers for Disease Control’s most recent available data shows. The suicide gender disparity in Washington is consistent with the disparity in the country as a whole.
Jon Krakauer’s book Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tilllman (2009) sheds light on Pat’s connections to Seattle and Washington state. Thus, we highlight this former NFL star and U.S. Army Ranger on this site.
The editorial relies on the World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Gender Gap Report, which ranks the United States 46th in educational attainment. That sounds like a problem to be solved, but – upon closer investigation – it is not. Instead, that ranking is quite misleading.
If you are a woman who lives in Seattle, you have a commission, council, or advisory board looking out for your sex/gender’s interests at the city, county, state, and federal levels of government. As demonstrated … Read more
Single moms outnumber single dads two to one The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows 30% of households with children in Washington state are headed by single parents. The number of single-mom households … Read more
Among employees of TJX Companies Inc., women earned 78% of the promotions and make up 52% of its leadership, 66% of its managers, and 78% of its workforce. With numbers like these, one wonders whether their inclusion and diversity efforts might be aided by outreaching more to men.