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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we need to be more intentional about how we raise boys.  For the last generation or two, we’ve been increasingly thoughtful about how we raise girls—don’t focus on their looks; get them toys like legos that help them develop tech skills; encourage them to play sports and do debate so they aren’t shrinking violets.  We give our girls boys names and buy them clothes from the boy’s department.  But what about our boys?  What are we doing to encourage them to be more nurturing/caring, more expressive with their emotions, more cooperative, more outgoing socially?  Are we buying them dollhouses, signing them up for clubs that require cooperative communication, avoiding emphasizing their strength/stoicism, praising them for being helpful, nurturing, empathetic?  
As much as “shrinking violet” disease was harmful to our girls, “strong and silent” disease is destroying our boys.  We need to raise boys that will be helpmates and partners to the girls we are raising.  And I will say it is damn tough.  I thought counteracting society’s messages to girls would be hard but it really hasn’t been that bad.  But the constraint stream of violent and sexist stuff directed at boys is just overwhelming. [/quote]

So we've made girls into boys, now let's make boys into girls? No thanks.[/quote]

We haven't made girls into boys. What a stupid thing to say. [/quote]

Lot of masculine energy emanating from your post. You sure about that, sweetie?[/quote]

:roll: [/quote]

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