'Here's your opportunity to show vulnerability and model a full range of healthy emotions,' writes whiteribbon
Educators, coaches, family members and parents, especially dads, have an excellent opportunity to help promote healthier masculinities among boys and young men. Emotional literacy among young men can lead to healthier masculinities and relationships, whereas living with gender stereotypes can have devastating effects on all our lives.We need to challenge harmful behaviours among boys and young men in order to promote healthier masculinities.
Here are a few things men can do to help raise new generations of healthy, emotionally literate, equitable men:Think about how you express feelings such as sadness, loss, frustration. Men are socially conditioned to shy away from emotions. Do you bottle those up or do you talk openly and honestly about them? Here's your opportunity to show vulnerability and model a full range of healthy emotions for young people around you.
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