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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two boys going to T20 colleges. So, great. But I will say they both had to deal with a considerable amount of anti-boy crap from their schools. It seems like the social norm these days is very anti-male, and that sinks the weaker students. And the boo-hoo, too bad social norms among teachers, parents, and repulsive social media critters doesn't help. They're kids. They can't help being boys. And schools and society generally regard them as the enemy. And so only the strong make it through. It really is difficult for 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 year old boys to get through the garbage our society is throwing at them for being boys.  [/quote]

What “garbage our society is throwing at them for being boys”?

Are you talking about the expectation that they sit still all day every day with no physical activity?

Or are you talking about the expectation that they not be sexist and racist?[/quote]

I think she means the assumption that they are, and so need to be fixed, even if they aren't. People internalize the biases they see reflected back at them; that's human nature. And in so many cases -- racial, gender, sexual orientation -- that reflection is harmful.[/quote]

Um, my son has never, ever experienced any assumption that he’s sexist and racist.

He and I have talked about frank discussions he’s had with friends that sometimes included making him aware of privilege that being a white boy brings, but he appreciated those conversations, and they were part of having a diverse friend group.

I’m a late 50s hetero cis male.  I’ve never felt that there are jokes I want to make that I can’t, that women are too sensitive and should smile more, that gay people should hide their affection for each other, or that the minorities are coming for my job.

If you or your boys DO have those feelings and experiences, maybe look at yourselves.

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You are insistent on missing the point of the conversation and making it about you (and now me). And you have zero support for your first sentence, btw.[/quote]

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