Misogyny crisis
We are expecting a little boy, and can’t wait!
That said, I’ve had a big wobble this week! Anyone else gone into a bit of a pit of despair regarding the current misogyny crisis, the state of the world’s social climate and just generally everything in the news?
I feel under so much pressure to raise a respectful, emotionally adjusted and broad minded boy. I’m so lucky as my partner will be the best role model, but everything that boys are exposed to in today’s world is so scary 😞
I know it’s a problem bigger than any of us and there aren’t any answers right now, just reaching out for solidarity of future boy mums who might be feeling the same 🩵
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I have a little boy 3 years old and it's a major raising condition to me. Raising.gentle.boys on Instagram is helpful. Also there's plenty of books that you can read but first of all and I think the most important is him having parents (male figure !!!)who deconstruct their misogynist patterns (we all have been raised in patriarchy and we all have flaws from it...)
Aw I feel very gender aware because of the same reasons. I love the below podcast, it has really practical advice and talks through all those kind of topics
I’m also hoping things improve by the time our littles are bigger 🤞
https://open.spotify.com/show/1iOwSVfaOtII89jcSkwv8q?si=CA2ZKE2PT72NLNWFF54qeQ&utm_source=copy-link
I think about it all the time. I don’t know what gender my unborn child is but my son is 2 and it’s so scary. He’s just so innocent at the moment and I want him to grow into the amazing man I know he can be. Luckily all his family male role models are amazing but you can’t control everything they’re exposed to and I’ve definitely got some reading to do on how to navigate situations etc.
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Misogyny crisis
We are expecting a little boy, and can’t wait!
That said, I’ve had a big wobble this week! Anyone else gone into a bit of a pit of despair regarding the current misogyny crisis, the state of the world’s social climate and just generally everything in the news?
I feel under so much pressure to raise a respectful, emotionally adjusted and broad minded boy. I’m so lucky as my partner will be the best role model, but everything that boys are exposed to in today’s world is so scary 😞
I know it’s a problem bigger than any of us and there aren’t any answers right now, just reaching out for solidarity of future boy mums who might be feeling the same 🩵
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