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11. The core problem is not fatherlessness. It's toxic masculinity.

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 06:57 AM

Dec 2016

You can have every single father present and still churn out a generation of emotionally stunted boys who view women as property.

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How Boys Suffer: The Boy Code and Toxic Masculinity [View all] Behind the Aegis Sep 2016 OP

Uh-oh, now you've done it. You've incurred the wrath of the MRAs! radicalliberal Sep 2016 #1

MRA? TrogL Sep 2016 #2

So what is YOUR solution? Behind the Aegis Sep 2016 #5

It can be both. Behind the Aegis Sep 2016 #7

Looks like a good movie. Saving to check out later. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author radicalliberal Sep 2016 #9

Boys develop a template of positive masculinity through their fathers. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2016 #10

The core problem is not fatherlessness. It's toxic masculinity. Gravitycollapse Dec 2016 #11

More like bad fathers. He loved Big Brother Jan 2017 #12