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Weekly News Roundup
October 24, 2016
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Dennis J. Barbour, JD, Editor
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Mores about depression stop male students from seeking help
Male students at the University of Cincinnati may find themselves reluctant to seek help for mental health concerns due to societal pressures - a stigma campus initiatives aim to extinguish. About 26 percent of those identifying as male reported feeling so depressed that it was difficult to function anytime within the past 12 months, according to the University of Cincinnati Executive Summary released in 2016.
This is up by over 9 percent since the last report released three years ago. Comparatively, only 6 percent of males said they had been diagnosed or treated by a professional for depression. These reports are conducted at UC every three years as part of the National College Health Assessment, a national research effort organized by the American College Health Association.Some cultures may associate mental health concerns with weakness and perceive a man's gender role as having to be "strong" and "masculine," which can influence whether a man gets help, according to Mohamed Elzarka, a third-year neuroscience student and the director of mental health services through UC Student Government.
News Record, October 23, 2016
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| She Never Spoke of It to Her Husband. Then She Heard the Trump Tape.
For the first time, women say, they are telling their husbands and boyfriends about the times they were groped at nightclubs or on a subway, flashed on the street, shushed or shouted down at work. Some men, in turn, said they were starting to see how gender could shield them from needing to defensively palm their keys as they walk to a car, from being trailed home by a stranger, from having co-workers rate their bodies.
New York Times, October 22, 2016
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If Hillary Clinton wins this election and becomes the first female president of the United States, American men may well be one of her most urgent problems. Consider some startling statistics. More than a fifth of American men - about 20 million people - between 20 and 65 had no paid work last year. Seven million men between 25 and 55 are no longer even looking for work, twice as many black men as white. There are 20 million men with felony records who are not in jail, with dim prospects of employment, and more of these are black men. Half the men not in the labor force report they are in bad physical or mental health. Men account for only 42 percent of college graduates, handicapping them in a job market that rewards higher levels of education. Lawrence H. Summers, the former Treasury secretary and now a professor of economics at Harvard, estimates that a third of men between 25 and 54 without college educations could be out of work by midcentury. Well-paying jobs that don't demand a college degree have been shrinking for generations - and technology is accelerating that trend. Driverless cars, for instance, could eliminate trucking as we know it, a refuge for many blue-collar men. In the short term, liberal economists and even some conservative ones back an idea that Mrs. Clinton has said she would push in her first 100 days - a $275 billion infrastructure jobs plan, which could provide at least temporary employment to a key segment of those hurting the most: blue-collar men. Liberal economists tend to coalesce around other solutions, such as raising the minimum wage and expanding eligibility for the earned-income tax credit, a proven way to reduce poverty. Mr. Summers is one of many who would push the Federal Reserve to continue stimulating the economy to boost employment, rather than focusing on curbing inflation. He also argues for government subsidies to bolster the wages of less-skilled employees.
New York Times, October 21, 2016
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Adolescents under age 15 years need only two doses of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine instead of three under a new recommendation from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said a two-dose schedule could improve lagging completion rates, while still providing protection against the infection.The group also made changes to hepatitis B and meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine recommendations during Wednesday's meeting.ACIP's HPV recommendations were approved by the CDC director within hours.
AAP News and Journals Gateway, October 20, 2016
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A sex education author says this election season is a good time to reopen conversations about sexual assault, consent and what we as a society teach boys and young men about sex. The issues have been in the spotlight since a 2005 videotape surfaced earlier this month showing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump bragging about using his celebrity to grope and kiss women. Trump dismissed the tape as "locker room talk" and has denied subsequent allegations from at least 11 women who have stepped forward accusing him of some form of sexual assault. Peggy Orenstein, author of "Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape," said the tape and Trump's response to it is having negative effects on boys and young men as they build relationships with women. "One of the things that I really felt after writing about girls was that as little as we talk to young women about sexuality and consent and all these issues, we talk to young men less," Orenstein said, adding she plans a follow up book with males. "I felt that we were just sort of throwing them out there and expecting them to find their way and leaving them to be educated by these old ideas, by the media and by the Internet."
Wisconsin Public Radio, October 20, 2016
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Sleeping too little or too much can affect a man's ability to impregnate his partner, new research suggests. The "sweet spot" appears to be 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night, said study author Lauren Wise, a professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. Among the 790 couples the researchers followed, "we found both short and long sleep duration -- less than 6 hours or 9 or more per night -- were associated with a reduced probability of pregnancy," Wise said. Using 8 hours of sleep as the reference point, men who slept less than 6 or more than 9 hours a night "had a 42 percent reduced probability of conception in any given month," she added.
Healthfinder, October 19, 2016
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Mouth and throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus are on the rise in Canada, underscoring an urgent need for all provinces to publicly fund vaccine programs for boys, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. On Wednesday, the society released its annual cancer statistics report, which found that over the past 20 years, HPV-related mouth and throat cancers rose by 56 per cent among men and 17 per cent among women.
Globe and Mail, October 19, 2016
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Malignant tumours in the mouth and throat caused by the human papillomavirus have risen dramatically among men and could surpass the rate of HPV-induced cervical cancer in women, new statistics from the Canadian Cancer Society suggest. In a report released Wednesday, the organization said the incidence of HPV-related mouth and throat cancers jumped 56 per cent in males and 17 per cent in females between 1992 and 2012, the latest year for which statistics are available.
Toronto Metro, October 19, 2016
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An awareness campaign is airing in movie theatres across Canada, aimed at women who might not have received the HPV vaccine when it came out 10 years ago but are still at risk of infection.The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SOGC) launched the Human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness campaign to target women aged 25 to 45.The society said HPV is becoming more prevalent among women in their 30s and 40s; women who have likely never displayed any symptoms, yet could still become infected with genital warts or cancer.
Global News, October 18, 2016
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If there is a silver lining to Mr. Trump's views on manliness, it's that it has prompted a
national discussion
about the "boys will be boys" excuse for things like bullying, boasting or appraising women in crassly sexual terms. That has offered an opportunity for parents and teachers to make clear what behavior is unacceptable.
Michelle Obama, in an emotional speech
on Thursday, asked what message Mr. Trump's words and behavior sent not just to girls, but also to men and boys.
New York Times, October 18, 2016
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Last year, unvaccinated adults cost the economy $7.1 billion, an analysis done by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found. Researchers at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy examined the cost of care, medication and lost productivity caused by missing the 10 vaccines recommended by the CDC. Those 10 vaccines protect people against 14 pathogens, including influenza, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, herpes zoster virus, pneumococcal diseases, meningococcal diseases, measles, mumps, rubella, HPV, chickenpox, hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
Fierce Pharma, October 18, 2016 |
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But therein lies a complication. An estimated
80 percent
of sexually active people will be exposed to HPV by age 45. In most people, the virus goes away on its own after two years. For men, there's no commercially available test to find out if you have been exposed. Women can be checked for HPV exposure as part of a Pap test.
NPR Shots, October 17, 2016
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The Weekly News Roundup is produced by The Partnership for Male Youth and is released every Monday.
For more information contact Dennis J. Barbour, JD. News Roundup editor and President/CEO of the Partnership, at [email protected].
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