Boys aren’t a lost cause. They just need mentors | Letters
Readers on Gareth Southgate’s Richard Dimbleby lecture, the Netflix show Adolescence and modern masculinityAs Sir Gareth Southgate has pointed out, boys today are let down by the empty promises of grifting influencers who sell them a vision of masculinity grounded in dominance, materialism and disdain for women (Editorial, 19 March). However, if we are to pull boys away from these figures, we need something meaningful to offer them instead.Often, boys end up susceptible to those voices because they are hurting. Like Jamie in the Netflix drama Adolescence, they are profoundly lonely, disconnected from their peers and families, searching for a place where they belong. Having delivered more than 5,000 workshops in secondary schools across England, we have heard gen Z boys express deeply felt worry about how they look and how their peers perceive them. Continue reading...
Readers on Gareth Southgate’s Richard Dimbleby lecture, the Netflix show Adolescence and modern masculinity
As Sir Gareth Southgate has pointed out, boys today are let down by the empty promises of grifting influencers who sell them a vision of masculinity grounded in dominance, materialism and disdain for women (Editorial, 19 March). However, if we are to pull boys away from these figures, we need something meaningful to offer them instead.
Often, boys end up susceptible to those voices because they are hurting. Like Jamie in the Netflix drama Adolescence, they are profoundly lonely, disconnected from their peers and families, searching for a place where they belong. Having delivered more than 5,000 workshops in secondary schools across England, we have heard gen Z boys express deeply felt worry about how they look and how their peers perceive them. Continue reading...
