Washington Initiative for Boys and Men
Advocating for improved outcomes for boys, men, and communities
Posts about issues that apply to the United States as a whole or issues that are within the U.S. but outside Washington state:
Washington Initiative for Boys and Men believes in taking the wellness and rights of children seriously. This includes contending meaningfully with the question of whether boys have the right to enter adulthood with their bodies whole and unaltered by non-therapeutic surgery. This is a guest post by Tone Pettit.
The National Network to End Domestic Violence has long been a leading force behind U.S. domestic violence legislation, including the 1994 Violence Against Women Act and its renewals, most recently in 2022.
The FBI’s recent podcast about international parental kidnapping was inspired by the case of Jay Sung and his son Bryan. Bryan is a U.S. citizen who at age three was brought to South Korea by his mom for a vacation, and she has wrongfully kept him there ever since.
Washington-based counselor and author Ann Silvers says the mainstream belief that vastly more women than men are killed by an intimate partner — often cited as five or six times more — is based on a misinterpretation of a study from 2013.
Seattle’s Chris Johnson outlines seven lessons we should took away from the ‘Surviving Ohio State’ documentary.
“I told my coach I had no desire to play college football, and I actually had every desire to be ‘Twinkle Toes’. I walked out of that office feeling so empowered.”
With the adoption of a resolution by their House of Delegates, the American Medical Association (AMA) now officially encourages the creation of Offices of Men’s Health “within each state’s Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate awareness, outreach, and outcomes on men’s health”.