Brilliant Bob children’s books teach boys positive masculinity
The Brilliant Bob series contains seven beautifully written and illustrated children’s books that were created specifically to support and encourage young boys.
United States
Posts about issues that apply to the United States as a whole or issues that are within the U.S. but outside Washington state:
7 Important Lessons from Eddie Murphy in Daddy Day Care
Daddy Day Care is a comedy from 2003 about two friends, Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) and Phil Ryerson (Jeff Garlin), who start a day care after being laid off from their corporate jobs. With ratings … Read more
Here is how many Washingtonians we’ve lost in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars
Washington state has lost over 150 of its men and women in military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001. Ninety-seven percent (97%) of the fallen service members were male. Washington Initiative for Boys and … Read more
Fortune 100 company improves their website after WIBM highlights gender bias
The parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Homegoods has made improvements to their website, likely in response to Washington Initiative for Boys and Men highlighting clear gender bias on their site. The overall effect is to somewhat reduce the degree to which the corporation’s website conveys a preference for female employees and suppliers over male employees and suppliers.
Newsweek op-ed calls White House Gender Policy Council sexist
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
How Army Ranger Pat Tillman was Connected to Washington State
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.
Is the U.S. Really 46th in Educational Gender Equality, like the Seattle Times Says?
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.