Why Girls Can't Code and More: Gender News Weekly

Young Men Are Facing a Masculinity CrisisAs evidenced by angry male Trump supporters and even some Bernie Sanders supporters young men are facing a masculinity crisis and stirring hostility according to The Future of Men author Jack Myers In a Time magazine essay this week he explains the economic educationalamp160and relationship struggles many younger men are confronting amp160problems that stem from outdated notions of masculinity that are no longer relevant in a society that39s moving toward gender equality Myers calls for a new national conversation that focuses on redefining traditional male roles and proposes women as leaders in developing positive male role models for future generations quotFocusing on better men dads husbands boyfriends and sons does notamp160come at the expense of the rightful attention to women39s rights and equalityquot he writes Read the full oped hereamp160This Ad Campaign Explains Why Girls Can39t CodeNonprofit group Girls Who Code is tackling stereotypes with satire releasing a brilliant campaign last week that features girls sarcastically explaining why their boobs periods emotions and beauty routines keep them from being able to write code quotI mean I39ve tried to get into coding but my cleavage is just so distracting amp8230 I get lost in themquot one girl states in the video Another chimes in with a straight face quotWhen I39m not menstruating I39m ovulating so there39s no time to code at allquot Obviously each girl39s answers are meant to be absurd and the video ends with the line quotGirls do code Every other theory is ridiculousquot While there have been past campaigns that have focused on uplifting messages to encourage girls in STEM fields the goal of this campaign the creators explained to Adweek is to point out how laughable it is to assume that there are genderspecific obstacles that keep women from becoming developers in the first place quotThis campaign is a little bit more about provoking a response and reaffirming what girls already knowquot the campaign director told Adweek Make sure to watch the video aboveamp160Say Goodbye to the quotManly ManquotA new survey from research company YouGov confirms that the quotmanly manquot is becoming a thing of the past As women outpace men in academic achievement and are slowly closing the income gap the number of men who are primary caregivers has increased These changing gender roles have reflected a shift in men39s views of masculinity While 65 of men over the age of 65 describe themselves as quotcompletely masculinequot only 28 of men aged 30 to 44 and 30 of men 18 to 29 say the same according to YouGov39s research Additionally among men under 30 13 ranked themselves halfway between masculine and feminine and 12 considered themselves to be at least slightly feminine As only 4 of men over age 65 say they have any feminine qualities at all there is a considerable generational shift in perceptions of masculinity and traditional gender rolesamp160ReclaimTheInternet Aims to End Online Misogyny According to research from think tank Demos in a three week period at the end of Aprilamp160over 200000 misogynist tweets amp160defined by the use of quotslutquot or quotwhorequot in a nonjoking way amp160were sent to 80000 people internationally The Guardian reports According to the study more than half of those aggressive tweets were sent by women Not surprisingly celebrities and public figures were the most abused of any other group Hillary Clinton ranking among the most targeted Acting on this research and research that revealed that eightamp160of the 10 most abused writers on The Guardian39s website were women British politician Yvette Cooper has launched a quotReclaim the Internetquot campaign in efforts to end online harassment intimidationamp160and hate speech Supported by Twitter and Facebook execs the campaign will offer a public forum for people to put forward their proposals and concerns While there are no clear solutions to online abuse Cooper told BBC News the campaign will spur international conversation on the sincerity of online harassment and hopefully impact the actions of younger generationsamp160Moreamp160Headlines Thisamp160WeeekHow to Build a Society of Equally Involved ParentsJWT WPP File Motion to Dismiss Gender Discrimination LawsuitThe TrumpClinton Gender Gap Could Be the Largest In More Than 60 YearsWant Less Volatility Morgan Stanley Urges GenderDiverse StocksOld White Men Could Mansplain the UK Out of EuropeLena Dunham amp160Sorry Not Sorry My Apology AddictionThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggers

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