This was a great piece and I absolutely have a number of stories of times when I was also shut down about the young men around me acting weird - then going unchecked.
I always feel like parenting young people must be terrifying in this day and age.
I think with young women, it’s easier to teach them about the patriarchy because it’s how they learn to protect themselves but for young men, you’re basically having to teach them to rail against a system that actively benefits them - you have to persuade them to effectively go against their own best interests for the sake of other people.
That’s arguably a much tougher ask but a necessary one.
Great reading 💎 Nice and thoughtful presentation.
This was a great piece and I absolutely have a number of stories of times when I was also shut down about the young men around me acting weird - then going unchecked.
I always feel like parenting young people must be terrifying in this day and age.
I think with young women, it’s easier to teach them about the patriarchy because it’s how they learn to protect themselves but for young men, you’re basically having to teach them to rail against a system that actively benefits them - you have to persuade them to effectively go against their own best interests for the sake of other people.
That’s arguably a much tougher ask but a necessary one.