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Stop Excusing Men’s Sexism By Saying ‘Boys Will Be Boys’
- Anna Mae
- Oct 25, 2016
- 1 min read
''One silver lining to this horrible presidential election is the attention it has drawn to the very real harm caused by so-called “boy talk,” “locker room talk” and so on.
I’ve spent a lot of time these past few weeks thinking and writing and talking about how to raise my son to respect girls and women, to treat them as equals, and to speak out when anyone around him behaves otherwise.
In other words, to be a feminist.
He’s 5 years old.
So the enormity of the task is daunting, but it’s not like I have to come up with a comprehensive plan by the end of the week...''
by Danilo Alfaro
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