To say “the tides are changing” regarding women’s voices being heard and men paying for sexual harassment is an understatement. Matt Lauer is the latest man to lose his job following a sexual harassment accusation. The list of men going down is getting longer by the day and the number of accusers seems to be […]
Toxic Masculinity and the Cost: What Men Don’t Speak About
Toxic masculinity has done a number on men. It teaches them to shut down, toughen up and don’t talk. As a result, many men . . . don’t talk. They don’t talk to their wives. They don’t talk to their friends. They keep things superficial with their family. In parenting, they can give their children […]
The Costs of Toxic Masculinity
For countless decades our culture has been selling our boys and men a bill of goods about what it means to be a “man:” • Be strong! • Don’t be a cry-baby! • “Man-up” and stop being a wuss! • Don’t be a girl and show your emotions—toughen up! • Don’t take sh*t from anyone. […]