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"Seriously? You WERE toxic masculinity!"
I received 2 of these comments today from people who knew me in college, after being featured in a @CNN article & launching my book today. I was expecting this and I have to say, both people who said it are 100% correct. #thread
I received 2 of these comments today from people who knew me in college, after being featured in a @CNN article & launching my book today. I was expecting this and I have to say, both people who said it are 100% correct. #thread
Seriously, it's the very first thing I say in my book. I was a misogynist in college and my white privilege was blinding. And worst of all—I genuinely thought I was a good guy. I guess because I never sexually assaulted someone or wore a white hood I fancied myself progressive.
It wasn't until I started dating my wife, found a network of feminist writers, and met black & brown friends via the Internet who floored me with their experiences and provided a few much-needed reality slaps that I realized something sickening—I was part of the problem.
I've reached out to several people from my past to apologize for my words and actions & I've tried to learn and become a better ally. But the real way I can affect change is by raising 3 boys who shun #ToxicMasculinity, recognize their privilege & positively reframe manhood.
Parents hold the key to a better future, especially parents of boys. It's much easier to influence and shape kids to be open to these ideas than it is to change the already closed minds of adults. And that's why I wrote "Raising Boys to Be Good Men."
I'm trying to reach those who will still listen. I'm trying to lay bare my past mistakes so others can avoid them. My hope is that, collectively, parents produce a generation of boys that become men who aren't stuck in stereotypical boxes making the mistakes of their fathers.
I hope you'll consider giving the book a read and/or giving it as a #FathersDay 
present to a parent in your life who might benefit from it. More copies are coming to Amazon now so if you order you should have it very soon. Thank you! https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Boys-Good-Men-Masculinity/dp/1510749411/
present to a parent in your life who might benefit from it. More copies are coming to Amazon now so if you order you should have it very soon. Thank you! https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Boys-Good-Men-Masculinity/dp/1510749411/
