{"id":5861,"date":"2025-07-18T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T09:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/?p=5861"},"modified":"2025-07-18T16:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:51:39","slug":"lost-boys-sib-at-significant-book-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/2025\/07\/18\/lost-boys-sib-at-significant-book-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Boys: SIB at Significant Book Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr Alex Blower, research fellow at the Arts University Bournemouth, has had a book published about how education is failing working class boys. As boys become men, and some of them will be misogynistic and abusive men, our club is increasingly interested in thinking about how to influence male emotional development positively. Five members attended a launch of Alex\u2019s book on July 17<sup>th<\/sup> and were impressed with his experience, insights and call to action. We will be supporting the \u2018Boys Impact\u2019 movement that works to address attainment gaps for boys and young men.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2025\/07\/Alex-Blower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5862\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2025\/07\/Alex-Blower-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2025\/07\/Alex-Blower-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2025\/07\/Alex-Blower.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2025\/07\/Alex-SIB.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5863\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2025\/07\/Alex-SIB-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2025\/07\/Alex-SIB-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2025\/07\/Alex-SIB.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are interested in this and would like to come along to a Soroptimist International Bournemouth meeting to find out more, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:sigbibournemouth@hotmail.co.uk\">sigbibournemouth@hotmail.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Alex Blower, research fellow at the Arts University Bournemouth, has had a book published&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":839,"featured_media":5863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lost Boys: SIB at Significant Book Launch | News | Blog | Events | SI Bournemouth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bournemouth : Blog &amp; News : Lost Boys: SIB at Significant Book Launch : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bournemouth . 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