Honourable mentions Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief s per our feature for this week and in the spirit of International Men’s Day, I think it’s important to recognize some of the inequalities men face. Our feature this week may be lengthy, but we still didn’t have the time or space to cover a lot of other important issues men face—such as discrimination in female-dominated work- spaces, a high percentage of workplace- related deaths, longer prison sentences for the same crime, false rape accusations, and prostate cancer awareness. Room 1020 - 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC, V3L 5B2 604-525-3542 Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief M editor@theotherpress.ca Position Open News Editor © news@theotherpress.ca Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor M lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Position Open Entertainment Editor WM humour@theotherpress.ca Layout Manager M layout@theotherpress.ca Lauren Kelly Graphics Manager © graphics@theotherpress.ca a A 6 Let’s start with longer prison sentences. Many consider men to hold the most privilege, but there are cases that show it is not true. In a study by an assistant Law professor, Sonja Start, it was found that men receive sentences that are on average 63 percent higher than women who are convicted for the same crime. The study also found that women are significantly more likely to avoid any charges or convictions, and two times more likely to not be incarcerated compared to men. Another inequality I think is important to discuss is the gender imbalance in workplace-related deaths. In @ theotherpress.ca © editor@theotherpress.ca ¥ © /theotherpress f/douglasotherpress Janis McMath Assistant Editor M assistant@theotherpress.ca Sonam Kaloti Arts Editor M arts@theotherpress.ca Position Open Opinions Editor M opinions@theotherpress.ca Caroline Ho a Web Editor : © webeditor@theotherpress.ca Nhi Jenny' Vo Production Assistant Jacey Gibb Distribution Manager od a 2017 Bureau of Labour Statistics study, it showed that men took up 93 percent of fatal work injuries while women took up the other 7 percent. Furthermore, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research reports that in Canada from 1993 to 2005, 97 percent of workplace fatalities were men. Men tend to take more dangerous jobs, Forbes reports that the most dangerous jobs are overwhelmingly male. Men also face a large disparity with homelessness, addiction, and mental health. As reported by Homeless Hub, single adult males between 25 to 55 make up almost 48 percent of the homeless population in Canada. According to their Brittney MacDonald Business Manager Atiba Nelson Staff Reporter Cover by Janis McMath Feature layout by James Moore Craig Allan Tania Arora EG Manilag Michele Provenzano Staff Writers Billy Bui Staff Photographer Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist Erin Meyers Eric Wilkins Contributors Frankie Hart The Gauntlet (CUP) a 3 ke I Coo) a ie 2 jeu a Aa Pug bet jk gel! Frank Plant via Flickr study, “The characteristics of this group include greater incidences of mental illness, addictions and disability, including invisible disabilities such as brain injury and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).” There are so many more issues for which there is no time to go into, but these reasons, and many more are exactly why International Men’s Day is such an important day to recognize. Limes, Jessica Berget Jessica Berget The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We are a registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tuition fees every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across Canada. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners.