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Male cancer cases, deaths projected to surge in 2050: study

OMG! The number of men with cancer worldwide is projected to surge from 10.3 million in 2022 to 19 million in 2050, an increase of 84%. Australian health experts say. Additionally, the number of men dying from cancer is expected to increase by 93%, from 5.4 million in 2022 to 10.5 million in 2050. The […]

‘John Carter of Mars’: The male archetype we need

One of the values ​​of reading older works of literature is that it forces us to question certain assumptions we hold as “modern” Westerners—not just assumptions about “democracy” or whatever else we learned in AP Politics, but assumptions about the very nature of our humanity. Modern-day heroes For me, a classic example of this is […]

International Boxing Association Fires Back at IOC in Row over Gender Tests: ‘This Boxer Is Male’

The International Boxing Association (IBA) held a press conference on Monday to defend itself over the controversial expulsion of two boxers against claims that the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision was unfair. According to Russia’s TASS news agency, IBA president Umar Kremlyov explained the organisation’s decision to strip Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting and Algeria’s Imane Kherif […]

Who is Lin Yu-Ting? The Taiwanese Olympic boxer deemed to have male chromosomes

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting has found herself caught in the middle of a gender eligibility debate ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics and her bout with Uzbek boxer Shitra Turdybekova. Lin has not faced the same level of criticism as Algerian boxer Imane Kherif, but at the same 2023 women’s world championships in which Kherif […]

International Boxing Association Clarifies Reasons for Disqualifying Fighters with Alleged Male Chromosomes, Says Olympic Rules Jeopardize Safety

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has explained why it has disqualified two boxers currently competing in the Olympics, following growing controversy over the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to allow them to take part in this year’s Paris Olympics. The IOC has defended its decision to allow the controversial boxers to compete, arguing that it […]