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Not sure you really understand my point; "male socialization" is simply "the way we raise boys" -- which includes the ways we as a society neglect their needs.
by wayoutthere 7y ago
Not sure you really understand my point; "male socialization" is simply "the way we raise boys" -- which includes the ways we as a society neglect their needs.
This isn't a "men versus women" thing, but rather a "we need to pay better attention to boys' emotional needs" thing. When you don't, you teach them that their emotions don't matter and aren't a thing they need to manage to have a healthy, happy life.
- at_a_remove 7y agoI'm not sure you understand my point: the way we raise boys has largely been ceded to women for a while now and heaping "toxic masculinity" (really, when was the last time you saw the second word without the first tugging it along?) shaming on men is just more of the same. We need less of it.
- wayoutthere 7y agoThanks for proving my point that some men need to learn the skills to be less fragile and entitled. Playing the victim card based on 1950s stereotypes helps nobody and plenty of men are deeply invested in raising their children.