Uniformed Code of Military Injustice

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UCMJ – Unjustly Coddling Military Jerks

Men are Being Sexually Assaulted in the Military, But Nobody is Talking About it

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Our Soldiers are being raped…by our Soldiers.

Against the Current, With the Stream

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When it comes to getting high, John Paschal chooses to stand alone.

Out of the Haze

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Brandon W. Mosley is called a ‘unicorn’ by his classmates—for being a non-toking college student surrounded by aggressive, athletic stoners.

The Importance of Pecking Orders to Boys

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Should parents and teachers intervene in the jockeying for status endemic among adolescent boys?

New Rites of Passage for Young Men

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How to create meaningful rites that young men want to experience.

The Function of Adrenalin in Boys’ Rites of Passage

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The young generation can be a threat to the status quo, or an energy source that needs direction, depending on how we meet the challenge.

“Peer bullying does not cause suicide all by itself.”

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This is a comment by wellokaythen on the post “Gay Teen Suicide Victim Was Bullied”.

Wait, Why Don’t You Drink, Man?

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Yashar Ali wonders why the pressure to drink alcohol extends way beyond adolescence.

Dear John: Why Can’t I Call Him ‘Gay?’

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Is there any harm posing naked for my boyfriend? Why didn’t he ask my permission before bringing people over? Should I have to put up with hypocrisy in my work place?

Why Is ‘Going Down’ Often a One-Way Street?

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Emily Heist Moss surveyed friends, strangers, and GMP readers about cunnilingus. What she found was intimacy, insecurity and the “ick factor.”

(More) Kids Are on Dope

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For the past decade, drug and alcohol use among American teens has decreased; over the last three years, it’s on the rise again.

Like Any Other High School, but Without Bullies

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Mark McCormack spent six months researching teen boys in the U.K. What he found was a culture of acceptance that defied cultural expectations.