I think that depends on their model of manhood. Children need a positive male role model and then the ability to choose.
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@Operative_G Culture is huge, so are innate traits. I wldn't want passive-aggressive verbal abuse described as a form of feminity.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Operative_G Not suggesting we deny that gender diffs exist in anti-social behaviour as well as general but not 2 title it a form of gender2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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Brandishing gender standard *either* as an ideal to be achieved or as a toxic pathology = very bad idea.
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Of course, but having an ideal and something to live up to is not that, s'long as "man" isn't all you are.
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But the injunction that someone should "be a man" (or, less often heard, "woman") is confused and unhelpful.
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Especially, such pressure shouldn't be placed on children. And neither shd *gender-non-typical* behaviour be urged.
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Pressuring children generally is weird. Giving them definitions, with which they can nuance as they age isn't.
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Agreed. I think they should be equipped to understand the responses they might evince out in the world. No more.
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The thing is... children seek to understand gender at a certain age, understand what manhood, etc. means.
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Not suggesting they shouldn't.
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