We raise our girls to fight stereotypes and
pursue their dreams, but we don’t do the same for our boys.
Claire Cain Miller
We’re now more likely to tell our daughters they can
be anything they want to be — an astronaut and a mother, a tomboy and a girlie
girl. But we don’t do the same for our sons.
Even as we’ve given girls more choices for the roles
they play, boys’ worlds are still confined, social scientists say. They’re
discouraged from having interests that are considered feminine. They’re told to
be tough at all costs, or else to tamp down their so-called boy energy.
If we want to create an equitable society, one in
which everyone can thrive, we need to also give boys more choices. As Gloria
Steinem says, "I'm glad we've begun to raise our daughters more like our sons, but it will never work until we raise our sons more like our daughters".
That’s because women’s roles can’t expand if men’s
don’t, too. But it’s not just about women. Men are falling behind in school and
work because we are not raising boys to succeed in the new, pink economy.
Skills like cooperation, empathy and diligence - often considered to be feminine - are increasingly valued in modern-day work and school, and jobs that require these skills are the fastest-growing.
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Claire Cain Miller – 01.06.2017.
In New York Times.
