To raise a boy : classrooms, locker rooms, bedrooms, and the hidden struggles of American boyhood
by Brown, Emma (Journalist) (Author)
Summary
"A journalist's searing investigation into how we teach boys to be men--and how we can do better"-- Full description
- What we don't see: the invisible epidemic of sexual assault against boys. Why boys don't ask for help (or, "Don't be a pussy!")
- The culture of sport
- Sexual assault is not "horseplay"
- The myths about boys we still believe
- Why men's stories matter
- A town hurts
- Boys will be men: nature, nurture, and rethinking boyhood. Hormones, brains, and how parents treat boys differently
- without even realizing it
- How to help boys succeed
- The man box and men's health
- Fostering boys' emotional literacy
- How fathers build the man box
- or tear it down
- Why your own relationship matters
- Signs of change
- The sex ed crisis: why silence about sex is dangerous for kids. How to start the conversation
- Sexting: translating offline etiquette to online life
- Why boys should practice masturbating without porn
- Teaching sexual citizenship in schools
- The problem with abstinence-only education
- The new sex ed: porn literacy
- Shaping your minds: how schools are failing young children. The problem with ignoring sexual violence in school
- The problem with punishment
- The case of John Doe 2
- The potential for another way: restorative justice
- The problem with "consent": lessons from Grace, Aziz Ansari's accuser. "No" is not always spelled "N-O"
- A blow job is not consent
- Learning to handle rejection
- What we can (and can't) blame on alcohol
- Signs of change
- Racism, violence, trauma: how close relationships can help boys cope. Race, racism, and black boys in America
- How trauma is linked to violence
- "We can't police our way out of this"
- "I still deal with the pain every day"
- How gun violence and domestic violence are intertwined
- "It makes you feel like you have someone"
- Why Harry needs Sally: how all-boys schools are trying to stay relevant. "I lost out on the ability to relate to girls": single-sex ed and social skills
- Changing culture on all-boys schools
- How to talk to boys
- What to look for in a boy's school
- Boy-friends: the power of male friendship to create a new culture. The roots of sexual harassment
- Harnessing the power of sports
- The promise of social-emotional learning in schools
- Teaching boys they have a gender, too
- Teaching boys to see themselves as change agents
- Boys leading boys.
- Prologue
- What we don't see: the invisible epidemic of sexual assault against boys
- Boys will be men: nature, nurture, and rethinking boyhood
- The sex ed crisis: why silence about sex is dangerous for kids
- The problem with "consent": lessons from Grace, Aziz Ansari's accuser
- Racism, violence, trauma: how close relationships can help boys cope
- Why Harry needs Sally: how all-boys schools are trying to stay relevant
- Boy-friends: the power of male friendship to create a new culture
- Epilogue.