It's an unusually good day on LinkedIn when I come across an analysis like this. We need to offer boys and young men more paths forward, not fewer. More acceptable formats of what it means to be a man and to contribute meaningfully to society. Men should be welcome in care work, early education, service work and at home, without stigma. For what it's worth, I think we should also change the way we value those roles, both monetarily and in terms of esteem. Part of the reason why they are so unilaterally undervalued is because they tend to attract women.
It's in a vacuum of such ideas that dominance-focused views and the Andrew Tates of the world start to emerge.
I do think we also need to expand and redefine the options for girls and young women, and those routes may overlap in some places, but that work is already underway as you've alluded to.
Thanks, that's so kind of you to say! I have very mixed feelings about linkedin, but it seems to be the most active platform after the exodus from Twitter!
I totally agree about the need to keep opening more options for women and girls (people of all genders!). I think feminist deconstruction of gender creates a space of enormous potential for men and women. Tate and co seem to be all about shutting down possibilities for every, narrowing out options for living.
It's an unusually good day on LinkedIn when I come across an analysis like this. We need to offer boys and young men more paths forward, not fewer. More acceptable formats of what it means to be a man and to contribute meaningfully to society. Men should be welcome in care work, early education, service work and at home, without stigma. For what it's worth, I think we should also change the way we value those roles, both monetarily and in terms of esteem. Part of the reason why they are so unilaterally undervalued is because they tend to attract women.
It's in a vacuum of such ideas that dominance-focused views and the Andrew Tates of the world start to emerge.
I do think we also need to expand and redefine the options for girls and young women, and those routes may overlap in some places, but that work is already underway as you've alluded to.
Thanks, that's so kind of you to say! I have very mixed feelings about linkedin, but it seems to be the most active platform after the exodus from Twitter!
I totally agree about the need to keep opening more options for women and girls (people of all genders!). I think feminist deconstruction of gender creates a space of enormous potential for men and women. Tate and co seem to be all about shutting down possibilities for every, narrowing out options for living.