Great piece, Shelley. I appreciate the acknowledgement that, in many respects, our culture has made men into demons just for being men. Our society assumes boys have everything they need, which is far from the truth. We think they all must be good at math and science because they're boys, which is a stereotype like any other stereotype.
We end up leaving our boys behind and creating the awful INCEL culture--boys whose dislike of girls and women develops into outright hate. Then we have decent, caring men who get treated poorly for no other reason than they're men. That's no different from a Black driver being harassed by highway patrol simply because they're Black.
Thank you for bringing awareness to this issue with your thoughtful essay. It's something we need to be thinking about--and acting on--as a culture. Boys deserve our attention as much as girls. And men deserve to be given a chance before assumptions are made about them on the basis of their sex. Sexism goes both ways.
Great piece, Shelley. I appreciate the acknowledgement that, in many respects, our culture has made men into demons just for being men. Our society assumes boys have everything they need, which is far from the truth. We think they all must be good at math and science because they're boys, which is a stereotype like any other stereotype.
We end up leaving our boys behind and creating the awful INCEL culture--boys whose dislike of girls and women develops into outright hate. Then we have decent, caring men who get treated poorly for no other reason than they're men. That's no different from a Black driver being harassed by highway patrol simply because they're Black.
Thank you for bringing awareness to this issue with your thoughtful essay. It's something we need to be thinking about--and acting on--as a culture. Boys deserve our attention as much as girls. And men deserve to be given a chance before assumptions are made about them on the basis of their sex. Sexism goes both ways.
Thank you for these supportive and thoughtful comments, Krista. Perfect timing for Men’s Health Month.
You’re welcome!
Connection is everything.
All souls seek this before gender roles
We can learn so much from each other and these at archetypes
I love what you’ve written about your son, beautiful and sensitive and strong. He is key to have a spicy mama like you.