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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve raised our four boys like you’d raise girls as the social/ emotional skills of girls are more valued in school-aged years. They all play a string instruments and began ballet at 2 (they still all are in dance at 4,6,9,13). They don’t play traditional boy sports so we can avoid the toxic masculine energy. They speak two languages. We require exquisite manners and don’t tolerate rough housing. They also have no access to screens without a parent present. [/quote]

The problem is telling boys at a young age that just by being born masculine they are toxic.[/quote]

Yes. It is an extraordinarily cruel thing to do to a young boy. To tell them they are toxic and inferior by their immutable physical characteristics is horrendous. [/quote]

No one does this. Critical thinking about patriarchal history and systems, however, is essential. Boys can make an active choice not to perpetuate those, and be lauded for doing so. Any rational person with concern for women's rights and opportunities should be on board with this.[/quote]

It’s 2025 now, not 2018. People see toxic masculinity as the misandry it always was. [/quote]

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