Taking Boys Seriously

I take being a mother of a boy very seriously. One of my biggest goals in this life is to let my son know, as he navigates a world dominated by toxic masculinity, that there is so much beyond what society tells him he should be like. And that boys who fall victim to that narrative often become men who are sad and angry and lonely…and that he deserves so much more than that.

We talk a lot about how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts women (as we should), but talk less about how it hurts and stunts boys and men, who will inevitably continue the cycle if they can never see it another way.

Found this great letter by a creator I follow named Barrett Pall. These are the things I want Mason to know.

http://www.artisanandking.com/feeling/2018/10/24/dear-boys