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ismnotwasm

(42,652 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2013, 02:38 PM Dec 2013

There's Something Absolutely Wrong With What We Do To Boys Before They Grow Into Men [View all]

"Be a man" is something we've all heard at one time or another, even a few of the women reading this right now. Being a "man" in that sense means something completely different to me (and maybe you, too) than what that phrase implies.

I can't even begin to describe the toll that the concept of masculinity has taken on my life. And it's felt everywhere. It's time we make changes, starting from within ourselves.

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There's Something Absolutely Wrong With What We Do To Boys Before They Grow Into Men [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2013 OP

I have not and would NEVER tell a boy to be a man for any reason. Not his role. He is a boy. Not man seabeyond Dec 2013 #1

I know you wouldn't ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #2

i am home. i saw this a week ago. breaks my heart. tears, for these babies. babies. seabeyond Dec 2013 #8

They are afraid ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #18

I guess this just isn't a topic of interest to men. redqueen Dec 2013 #3

sad, but at this point to xpost this to GD would probably been seen as flamebait. sad. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #4

It's already posted there. redqueen Dec 2013 #5

oh dear, I can't keep up. Sorry. I will look at the thread ... Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #6

it was already in GD last week adn sunk like a stone. i think i might have been the only one to seabeyond Dec 2013 #10

even sadder, maybe. *sigh* Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #13

It's a very serious topic to men... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #7

This is about something far more fundamental than jobs. redqueen Dec 2013 #11

I don't know why that's "alarming"... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #14

It's more like being an adult of any gender.... "protecting the weaker " seabeyond Dec 2013 #12

There is some woman who has been writing about this a lot... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #15

ya. i take note of that. be a man, seems to be the agenda, not, take care of our boys. seabeyond Dec 2013 #9

I think that is exactly what to "be a man" usually means, when used in American society. iemitsu Dec 2013 #16

This about damage ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #17