Toxic Masculinity

12/02/2019 44 min Episodio 2
Toxic Masculinity

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Episode Synopsis

Toxic masculinity is all over the news lately, including the Gillette razors ad and the new guidelines from the American Psychological Association on how therapists can help men/boys.  Is toxic masculinity really a thing?  And if so, how is it impacting how we parent our kids, especially boys?
Episode references:
Gillette ad:  https://youtu.be/xsYKb3T13Wk
APA guidelines summary:  https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/01/ce-corner
NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/apa-guidelines-men-boys.html
The Federalist: http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/17/gillettes-toxic-masculinity-ad-accidentally-makes-case-patriarchy/
Vox.com: https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/1/22/18188776/toxic-masculinity-gillette-ad-apa-guidelines
Townhall.com: https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2019/02/04/toxic-masculinity-is-misnamed-n2540743
The Onion (parody): https://local.theonion.com/woman-didn-t-know-progress-on-toxic-masculinity-would-t-1831869468