A study was just published last week on the correlation between boys views about gender and their participation in violence. Educators, this is on us. It’s a new decade, and a new half of the school year. Let’s make it count.
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I know firsthand that boys can be more than what is traditionally allowed and I know that strong relationships with adult mentors and educators and make the difference. With that in mind, these are my top five recommendations from the last year.
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I think what people find most challenging about discussions around feminism and injustice, is they think we are telling a classic good-versus-evil story, of masculinity-bad-femininity-good, where men are the villains and people of other genders are the good guys. We aren't.
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I’ve never heard someone critique the term ‘breaking’ in the context of boys’ pubertal development. It makes me wonder what other notions about boyhood and masculinity continue to go unquestioned even today.
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If it’s significant for a staff writer at GQ, it’s significant for a young adolescent immersed in the peripheral rap industry—so I wonder how significant it would be for that teen to hear from a teacher or parent an expression of awareness or condolence, and perhaps an inquiry of what meaning an event like this carries.
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I have a number of relevant statistics memorized and use them in different ways when engaging the boys in reflection on how misogyny affects our society. Over the last few weeks, however, I’ve come across some new facts.
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It’s arguably a straw man argument that conflates decency with chivalry and fails to adequately address issues of benevolent sexism and violence perpetration. But knowing that it was a genuine question from a young adolescent this week, I felt that it was worth reflecting on.
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Jack Urwin reviews Tom Falkenstein’s The Highly Sensitive Man. How are sensitivity and gender related, and how is this relationship evolving? Are there benefits to being sensitive?
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We are excited to announce that we have a new look for our community events and are moving away from the Wolf Pack name and imagery. Wolf Pack is being reborn as NGM Circle.
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Next Gen Men has been generously supported through patrons like you, on Patreon, for a little over a year now. We could not have come this far without you, so thank you! Today, we are excited to offer a new way to support us: GiveMagic.
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Last week, I was part of a workshop about sex ed, facilitated by adolescent sexuality expert Dr. Nadine Thornhill and hosted by Toronto-based consent organization Bad Subject.
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Two weeks ago, a 14-year-old boy was stabbed and killed outside his school in Hamilton, Ontario. Last week, CBC published a series of articles representing an in-depth investigation into school violence in Canada.
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