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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: male

male stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - The Erin Andrews video scandal is just another sick symptom of “male sports culture,” Bonnie Erbe writes in US News & World Report, but the fairer sex does have recourse. “If women didn’t attend NFL games or NBA games, or even watch them on TV to... More »

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television • sports • ESPN • video • male • scandal • professional • Erin Andrews

OPINION

 'He-Cession' Is  
 Death Knell for 
 Male Dominance 

Recession has sped end of 'era of male dominance'

Jun 29, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Macho men caused this recession, and they’re going to pay the price: for the first time in history, they’ll cease to be the dominant force in society, writes Reihan Salam in Foreign Policy. Signs of the turning tide can already be seen in the US, as male-dominated industries... More »

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women • men • culture • recession • revolution • male • alpha male • dominance • women's issues

 Men Hit With 80% of US Layoffs 

The gap between male and female unemployment is the widest on record

Apr 20, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of the 5.1 million US jobs that have evaporated since the recession began, men have lost nearly 80% of them, the Financial Times reports, resulting in the widest gap between unemployment rates for men and women since recordkeeping began a half-century ago. Layoffs have nudged the male unemployment rate... More »

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education • construction • unemployment • female • male • manufacturing • financial crisis

(Newser) - There are certain things men cannot do without, that if lost “we would briefly mourn and immediately replace.” Esquire offers up 31 male necessities.
  • Cast-iron skillet: "it will last longer than you."
  • Waiter's corkscrew: corkscrews should not "require instruction manuals."
... More »

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men • list • male • clothing • Esquire • tools • cash • things • necessities

 Male Suicide Tracked 
 to Childhood 

Female suicides don't reveal problems until after puberty

Apr 7, 09 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Suicidal men are more likely to have had troubled childhoods than their female counterparts, Reuters reports. A new study found that 78% of male subjects who tried to kill themselves by age 24 had serious behavioral problems at age 8, whereas suicidal females usually developed emotional problems after puberty. The... More »

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gender • suicide • male • anti social behavior • childhood • suicide attempt

Sticks, Stones Break Bones, But Odd Names May Jail You

Boys with uncommon monikers act out more

Jan 29, 09 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The more unusual a teenage boy’s name is, the more likely he is to run afoul of the law, a study finds. Irrespective of race, uncommon names like Ivan, Malcolm, and Alec—as opposed to Michael or David—more often belong to kids who act up, researchers say. It’... More »

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male • male brain • name • scientific study • teenager • juvenile crime

(Newser) - Just who are all these men getting Botox, and why do they do it—especially during a recession? The number of male Botox users has soared to 300,000—or about 7% of total face-freezers—since 2001, and that percentage hasn't dipped in today's economy. Wondering what men lie behind... More »

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plastic surgery • male • Botox

 Pregnant Man Gives Birth 

Girl born naturally, not via C-section, for transgendered Oregon resident

Jul 3, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Pregnant man" Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl, ABC News reports. The 34-year-old transgender male gave birth at a hospital in Bend, Ore., sources said. The birth was natural, not by caesarean section as some reports have claimed. "She's really cute, really pretty,'' one... More »

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gender • pregnancy • transgender • birth • hospital • male • Thomas Beatie

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