Author reflects on changing perspective on men after learning she is having a boy
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Updated · The Guardian · May 6
Author reflects on changing perspective on men after learning she is having a boy
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 6
After a 20-week ultrasound and her son’s birth, she says his sex came to feel incidental, despite earlier trepidation shaped by negative experiences with men.
She describes unsolicited comments stereotyping boys and says debates about masculinity, the manosphere and raising “good” sons made those assumptions feel reductive.
Now with a five-month-old son, she says she wants him to see that boys are not automatically a problem and to resist limiting ideas about manhood.
A mother feared raising a son. What can men do daily to rebuild trust and prove themselves as equitable partners?
In fixing 'toxic masculinity,' are we ignoring the unique pressures and challenges that young boys face in society today?
Can men become equal partners at home without systemic changes like robust, mandatory paid paternity leave policies?