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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a teen son and have been astonished by things I have seen in his cohort.  I'm going to say some of it is parents who are not "bad" people but just not at all intentional in how they parent.  I don't know what it is.  They don't care?  They never thought about it?  Entitled bros and their wives raising entitled bros.  People do not raise their teen sons intentionally.  Many organized sports cultures are appalling and no one cares.  In fact, parents promote it.  Participating in organized sports on some level is an expectation and widespread for nearly all boys at some point in their lives.  I have a son and a daughter and the way they are coached and the environments are pretty different too.   The place to look in the mirror is at ourselves and what we value and promote and the million things we say or do (or don't say or do) with our own kids.[/quote]

I agree with this. I think a lot of parents are not even trying to teach their sons about issues like consent or treating women respectfully and equally in professional and social settings. I would have thought it would be better now than it was when I was a teen in the 90s but in some ways it's worse. And no this is not limited to the children of far-right MAGA republicans. I know plenty of liberal parents who voted for Harris and are currently lamenting the election outcome who are also clearly teaching their sons that it is fine to treat women and girls as less than and that being personally aggressive and obnoxious is fine because "that's just how boys are."

I agree a lot of it exposes the inequalities a lot of these parents have bought into in their own lives. It seems like a lot of people are very feminist and egalitarian up until they get married and then a lot of the men expect to be taken care of and waited on at home and the women are fine with it as long as they get a big glittery ring and a nice house and don't get hassled too much about their spending. It's really something to see. Boys who grow up in that environment develop some very retrograde attitudes about gender (as to the girls) regardless of their parents' declared politics.[/quote]

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