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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not the existence of GOTR that is alienating boys.  It's having parents who look at GOTR and see something that is objectively harmful to their boys.  That's where the messaging of deprivation is coming from.  That's what they are seeing and internalizing.  Do better.

-Mom of boys[/quote]

I'm a mom of two, both boys, and I agree.  These manosphere voices teaching boys to hate girls is causing harm, the existence ouf girls' programs is not. My spouse and I actively worked to add a science fair club to our kid's school, so we have walked the walk in actually adding things to the school.[/quote]

I think this is the way. Boys in elementary school are not seeing women being oppressed historically in their school environment (GOOD), so it doesn't make sense to them. But the manosphere is attractive to boys and men who see themselves as victims. It's up to us to build them up in positive ways at young ages to avoid that, not in opposition to girls, just so they have opportunities to explore and excel in their own individual interests and don't need to see success as a zero sum game. And look for good male role models. [/quote]

I also had a friend who the manosphere totally destroyed.  Lost his girlfriend, lost his job, lost his friends. The victim mentality destroys young men.

I work with college interns and the best thjng you can do for young people is individually build them up. I had a college intern who lost his sports scholarship and we helped him find funding from other sources, plus a job lined up.

Again, I see a bunch of people whining about girls stuff and actually doing anything to help boys.  Tearing girls down doesn't help boys.[/quote]

Literally nobody is tearing girls down on this thread. I am a mom very concerned about my son being vulnerable to the “manosphere” and a huge hurdle is explaining to him the disparate opportunities and rules for girls vs boys. [/quote]

"Not every organization is open to every kid, let's find something that fits you." Is not a hard conversation.  Lots of kids can't do activities for all sorts of reasons.[/quote]

Is your kid 5? Because that is not going to be enough of an answer for an older or more persistent kid. [/quote]

A boy feeling entitled to girls’ spaces? And you don’t see how that is problematic?[/quote]

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