I have none. One of the reasons I will gender select a female.
Unfortunately many masculine traits that have made men successful are also toxic. |
I read it when it first came out. Meh. Here’s the thing: my boys are being raised by a nice dad who was raised by a nice dad. My boys’ dad treats their mom very well (just as their grandfathers treated their grandmothers well). There’s really nothing toxic about the way we’re raising them. In fact, they’re the kind of boys who stick up for other kids. Parenting might be exhausting, but it’s really not rocket science. |
She conducted a lot of great interviews. It’s worth a read. |
If you're a woman, you don't know anything about what it means to act like a boy. And no, it is not "drilled into boys" how to act like a boy. They do it perfectly naturally. |
Yes, what all American males need is for a female Vox columnist with a degree in women's studies to tell them how to be masculine. There aren't enough eyerolls in the world for this idea, but this times infinity: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wow, something must be wrong with mine, then. And that ^^^ is where the toxicity happens. |
NP. I'm sure there is something wrong with them, and it is most definitely caused by someone pushing a little too hard with their woke culture. |
NP. I read it when it first came out as well and found it very underwhelming. I suspected right away that it was written by someone who wasn't raising boys, and I was right. |
You didn’t read it, but you made a bunch of eye rolls. Read it first. It didn’t tell boys how to be masculine. It documented a lot of the pressures boys face. I’m raising a boy- I thought it was a good piece. Not groundbreaking bc it mostly confirmed my existing suspicions, but I’m already aware of a lot of these issues. If you are someone stomping your feet and talking about the liberal media, you will learn something. It did not give any ideas about how to raise boys, actually. |
I like the book Wingmen and Masterminds for insight into raising boys. |
You can kill a person’s spirit not must their body. |
NP. Do you realized you just accused this person of being a “conservative” when —in fact— they simply made an observation? And their observation doesn’t put them in any political corner. It’s my pet peeve when people do that. I made some boring benign comment once, not controversial, and someone on DCUM accused me of being a Trump voter!! Off topic, but had to point it out. |