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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very good. And imo it's the way we should culturally start talking about boys in general.

The problem with the phrase 'toxic masculinity' is that it can so easily be construed as 'masculinity is toxic'. We need to preserve the good in masculinity. Show them how to be strong good men.

[b]I personally am amazed at the kids programming on nick and Disney, how prolific the 'strong smart girl's protagonist is versus a boy. A boy is either an anthropomorphized animal or object (Mickey, blaze etc) or Ryder. We have done a fantastic job getting feminist messaging into children's ears. We need to do the same thing for boys. [/quote][/b]

I absolutely agree. When I raised this issue with my highly-educated feminist acquaintances, they responded with  “ah, boys will be fine, they had years of privilege”.[/quote]
I don’t think it has to be either/or. My DS has seen Moana and lived both the title character AND Maui. He loves Ariel ABD Aladdin. Outside of Disney, there’s the pairing of Hiccup and Astrid. He watches She-Ra and various male and female Pokémon trainers. There’s Hilda and Naruto.

There are more strong female characters, yes. But no one has taken away the make characters—they’re still there. And both are important for all genders, as long as in addition to their strength, they treat others with respect. [/quote]

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