Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys

By Clementine Ford

Pages

384

Rating

4.19

Year

2018

GenderSociologyPoliticsFeminismAustraliaNonfiction

Description

Now Boys Will Be Boys examines what needs to change for that equality to become a reality. It answers the question most asked of Clementine: 'How do I raise my son to respect women and give them equal space in the world? How do I make sure he's a supporter and not a perpetrator?'

Ford demolishes the age-old assumption that superiority and aggression are natural realms for boys, and demonstrates how toxic masculinity creates a disturbingly limited and potentially dangerous idea of what it is to be a man. Crucially, Boys Will Be Boys reveals how the patriarchy we live in is as harmful to boys and men as it is to women and girls, and asks what we have to do to reverse that damage.

The world needs to change and this book shows the way.