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We’re ruminating heavily as a society on toxic masculinity and the bile-like consequences of it. Conversations deservedly often center around those who identify as female. But we also know that patriarchal systems have a history of rewarding ego and pride in males while crushing any sense of emotional vulnerability and openness in love.
When roaming the grounds of Dudley, I find myself meditating on the fact that every assailant and dictator began as a boy. Everyone who has watched careers crumble because of harmful actions to others was at one point young, innocent and curious. Boys become men, which means one of the most radical things we can do right now is simply raise better boys.
Photographed for the YMCA