In raising boys, we must help them – and the men they become – understand that girls and women do not exist in order to tend to the emotional and sexual needs of boys and men, and that such misguiding thinking contributes to domestic and sexual violence. Collectively, we must also call out media reports that normalize harmful gender norms, including when such reports absurdly place blame for school shootings on girls who say “No” to the unwanted sexual advances of boys.
What Parents of Boys Should Bear in Mind About the ‘Spurned’ Texas School Shooter
