dads, nurture, be friends, love (sometimes called God). sledging??, living wage, not fair, fair deal, sleaze, cronyism
Men can’t be at work, can’t be in the “locker room”, can’t be at school, without having to hear, and to feel pressure to join in with, degrading chatter about women. Its not just in the Metropolitan Police.
Women can’t be on the train with a drunk group of blokes, can’t be standing in a crowded tube train, walking past a building site on a sunny day, often can’t be at work, or out with friends, or sometimes chatting to a flatmate or so-called friend, or even a partner or family member, without being the recipient of degrading comments or actions.
The most recent report published by the Office of National Statistics shows rape offences have increased dramatically in England and Wales since 2012/13. The number of rape offences in the year ending June 2021 was 61,158. The charity ‘Rape Crisis’ has reported 1 in 4 women being raped or sexually assaulted as an adult and the highest number of rape cases reported to the police in march 2022 was 70,330. The overall statistics in England and Wales found that 85,000 women experience rape, attempted rape or sexual assault every year.
https://criminalinjurieshelpline.co.uk/blog/sexual-assault-data-stats/
How to raise boys
- Let him cry
- Give him role models
- Let him be himself
- Teach him to take care of himself
- Teach him to take care of others
- Share the work
- Encourage friendships with girls
- Teach ‘no means no’
- Speak up when others are intolerant
- Never use “girl” as an insult
- Read a lot, including about girls and women
- Celebrate boyhood
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/upshot/how-to-raise-a-feminist-son.html
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