We need more than a single day of awareness to ensure their wellbeing. We need sensitive and committed caregivers who understand the unique needs of boys and young men and anchor them in supportive environments and relationships.
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Patriarchy harms men by disconnecting them from their emotions, and frames seeking support as weakness. It’s an endless pressure for men to conform to a narrow prescription of masculinity, to compete with one another, and to prove their manhood by surrendering their individuality and denying their humanity.
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In October, I wrote a L&UL blog post called 6 Stories About Boys Losing a Parent. One of the stories was Siobhan Dowd and Patrick Ness’ A Monster Calls—a book published in 2011 that was recently adapted into a film. I decided I wanted to further explore its narrative of emotional resilience, which resulted in this video essay on boyhood masculinity in film.
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Treaties were made to endure—“as long as the sun shines, the waters flow, and grass grows”—because they aren’t about a one-off agreement or exchange. Each Treaty speaks to a relationship that, for those who remember, is just as real today as it was in the 1780s.
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The government of Canada has failed to take responsible steps to provide healthcare services to Indigenous people in the past. First Nations have chronically experienced barriers to accessing health care due to shortages in healthcare facilities, equipment, supplies, and staff—which COVID-19 has only worsened.
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Yes, boys are impressionable and can be affected by ‘toxic’ masculinity. But they are also resilient and inherently capable of meeting the harshness and rigidity of harmful spaces with resistance, integrity and a commitment to their best selves.
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I was too young to remember much, but my parents later told me that they were warned by settlement services about ‘those people’—you know, the urban Indigenous. So began the socialization process that alienates the land we know from Canada’s original inhabitants.
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The land itself is scarred, I could see that even while I was growing up. But I wonder about the scars in our relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Treaty people when the Treaties themselves were part of a system of exploitation and resource extraction.
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These collections form part of our breadth of knowledge on masculinities. We’ve decided to turn them into NGM Library: a public-facing resource for researchers, educators and parents who are seeking to learn and unlearn about masculinity from an anti-patriarchal standpoint.
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I think it’s important that parents and educators are able to understand boys’ range of emotions while dealing with truly heavy issues, which is why I’ve decided to feature a list of stories that revolve around boys who are struggling with grief.
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American federal law has the potential to be the most boring thing students ever hear about—but experiencing the tactics and vision of Ginsburg and her colleagues firsthand could be a lasting and powerful lesson about justice, gender equality and the power all of us hold to make a difference in the world.
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Getting to know Minecraft is a way for us to strengthen trusting relationships with our boys. If we demonstrate that we will approach their video games with understanding, that gives us a better chance of being able to support them through serious experiences later in adolescence.
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