Monthly Archives: December 2010

Is Boots Ad Sexist?

Boots The Chemist has made a mildly sexist TV ad (not the one pictured) with the tagline “when he’s ill and you don’t have time to be –  get cold and flu products for just 99p at Boots”. BUT ARE  THESE ADS

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Lack of male role models causes depression

Young Men without a male role model are 3 times more likely to feel depressed according to new research on the positive impact of male role models from the Prince’s Trust. (Image shows male mentors in Brighton  & Hove from

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Teenage boys more than twice as likely to die young

  Teenage boys and young men age 15-24 in England & Wales are two and a half times as likely to die young than women and girls of the same age according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundations Poverty Site.    

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Men say ‘Arse’ to good health

                British men are saying ‘arse’ to good health as the ‘Jim Royle Generation’ saw the average weight of a British bloke go up by a stone (7.7kg) in just 15 years according

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Do men really cause the pay gap?

The question of why women earn less than men on average continues to be a regular media feature. The gap between women’s pay and men’s pay in Brighton & Hove is considerably smaller than the national average according to the

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The Great Prostate Scandal

Three quarters of GPs aren’t aware of Government guidance on a man’s right to have a test for prostate cancer and 15% of GPs don’t support that right according to John Neate, chief executive of The Prostate Cancer Charity. You can

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Involving Men and Boys

We can only fulfill on our commitment to create A City That Works For Everyone – Men And Boys Included – if the public sector locally delivers on its Duty To Involve and engage with men and women equally. Anecdotal

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Helping Men And Boys

A key measure of A City That Works For Everyone – Men And Boys Included – is the level of service it provides for all its residents. This means providing services that are appropriate and accessible to both women and

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Supporting Men And Boys

If we are to be more effective at helping Men and Boys to get both the access to and the outcomes from services they deserve then we need to recognize that Men and Boys are a distinct group with specific

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Funding Men And Boys

Two of the most telling statistics to emerge from our research in 2010 is the fact that while a poor boy in our city will die on average THIRTEEN YEARS earlier than a rich girl, women’s projects in the city

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