As an educator, I find this very interesting. Obviously, parents play a role in imparting healthy attitudes about gender, but so do teachers. Children spend a lot of time in school. Any research that leads us in encouraging the growth of kind, empathic humans is valuable. And I certainly do not mean to imply this is only a male issue. It would be interesting to ask females those same questions. We are all in this together.
Totally agree with you. Teachers are pivotal figures in the lives of young people. And I'm grateful that many of my own (both in school and sport) were positive role models that embraced healthier forms of masculinity. And you are totally right to point out that it's not a male-exclusive issue (my focus on it as such is only because this is a masculinity-focused missive). We all need to have good people around us growing up that nurture our better instincts. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!
Wanted to add that Christian Lopez (former pro-baseball player) just did a really nice breakdown of the Dak Prescott / Skip Bayless issue mentioned above. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-mask-ulinity/id1474423662
Listened and shared! I have a lot of MSU ties. Don’t mess with Dak!
Appreciate that!!!
As an educator, I find this very interesting. Obviously, parents play a role in imparting healthy attitudes about gender, but so do teachers. Children spend a lot of time in school. Any research that leads us in encouraging the growth of kind, empathic humans is valuable. And I certainly do not mean to imply this is only a male issue. It would be interesting to ask females those same questions. We are all in this together.
Totally agree with you. Teachers are pivotal figures in the lives of young people. And I'm grateful that many of my own (both in school and sport) were positive role models that embraced healthier forms of masculinity. And you are totally right to point out that it's not a male-exclusive issue (my focus on it as such is only because this is a masculinity-focused missive). We all need to have good people around us growing up that nurture our better instincts. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!