1/5 More anti-male articles from the mainstream media
2/5 Some asking about Fathers Day equates to whinging?
What are fathers for & what do they do?
Imagine the outrage if these comments were said about mothers and Mothers Day
Another day another double standard
3/5 What is the author suggesting here?
This a fictional drama, not a documentary based on research & statistics
We must remember that
4/5 Why do so many of them not want to do it? Many of them are stopped from doing it by misandrists who see no need for men but make strong demands of them
Whilst mums do most childcare, dads aren't sitting in the sun getting a tan. They're working hard to provide
5/5 Research shows that there are average differences between how mums parents & dads parent. Together has can be a positve collaboration
Just another one of many articles to add to the mountain of existing articles promoting an anti-male narrative
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2/7 Such a comment is frankly astonishing to me when right now we see boys/men being “put on” via daily articles about “toxic masculinity,” & boys/men needing improvement
History shows that men experienced plenty of disadvantage too
Whilst this is from 30 years ago, we unfortunately see many examples today where similar issues are sadly addressed with exaggeration & oversimplification
1/6 Just woken up to a steam of articles addressing misogyny in schools, mentioning “adolescence” & referring to “toxic masculinity”
A few thoughts & comments follow
2/6 First of all, as I’ve said many times before, the attitude of misogyny of course needs tackling, & at the same time this does not mean the attitude of misandry should be ignored
Schools should address both of these attitudes
3/6 Ignoring misandry but heavily focusing on misogyny arguably goes against government guidance (see below) & creates a huge disparity that tells boys that harm against girls influenced by hatred of girls matters a lot more than harm against boys influenced by hatred of boys
A thread highlighting the journey of many boys & men 🧵
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Boys go to school & hear conversations implying (sometimes explicitly stating) that boys/men are the problem, that masculinity needs urgent attention, that anything masculine is concerning, & that boys need to be more like girls
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What happens when boys go home? They go online & see headlines reinforcing exactly the same messages, & they see articles suggesting that boys are bad for showing masculinity but good for abandoning masculinity & embracing femininity
1/8 The Guardian, once again with their rigidly gendered agenda
Violence is physical. It cannot take place online. We need more accuracy & less distortion when using the English language to address this issue
2/8 Whilst the attitudes & issues dudes below of course need attention, there are two points to highlight: one; this is the minority of boys in the country, & we should challenge any attitude that falsely implies or states that this is representative of boys in general…
3/8 … & two; efforts should also go into girls who go online & wish harm or who have disclosed they have harmed boys/men. For example; the girls going on online & saying “kill all men”👇…
1/ Book: The War Against Boys by Christina Hoff-Sommers @CHSommers
Highlights and comments follow
2/ Preface to the New Edition
“To address the problem, we must acknowledge the plain truth: boys & girls are different. Yet in many educational & government circles, it remains taboo to broach the topic of sex differences… boys are languishing, while girls are soaring”
3/ “This book explains how it became fashionable to pathologise the behaviour of millions of healthy male children…