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For a long time, social media has been bloated with memes and articles denigrating traditional masculinity, writes contributor Andrew Reiner. The result, he says, is a society that no longer values boys. |
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Reiner, author of the book "Better boys, better men," says this devaluation of boys is seen in the phenomenon of "gender disappointment," the regret many parents feel when they learn they are having a boy, not a girl. In one study of IVF users, parents picked a female embryo 70 percent of the time. "What exactly is it about having boys that seems so repellent?" Reiner asks. "Girls move out of the house earlier, achieve greater academic success, are more likely to attend and graduate from college, find jobs more readily than male peers and have higher emotional IQ." And women tend to be associated with traits such as empathy, emotional intelligence and kindness. But Reiner has an idea: "If these skills are so important…why can't we simply teach them to boys?" Perhaps the message to young men should be: "Yes, you need to level up…you also deserve empathy and compassion along the way." "It's not catchy," says Reiner, "but it moves the conversation forward in a way we need it to go." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, June 7. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: |
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By Tammy Baldwin, U.S. senator (D-Wis.) |
As we stare down the real chance that right-wing extremists could take control of the White House and the U.S. Congress, we must protect the right to contraception before they have a chance to roll back decades of progress in reproductive health care and personal autonomy — this time on a nationwide scale. |
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By Bernard Goldberg, Emmy award-winning writer and journalist |
We're far more comfortable socializing with people who have the same political views, who vote for the same candidates. I have a conservative friend whose progressive sister won't visit him because he lives in a red state and she lives in a blue state. No fooling! |
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By Husain Haqqani, former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. |
Modi has become a familiar figure on the world stage, leveraging India's global standing while balancing close ties with the United States with a claim to leadership of the "Global South." Most world leaders would rather continue dealing with him instead of having to negotiate with a succession of prime ministers chosen to appease changing coalitions. India's voters, too, seem to want a chastened Modi in office, at least for the immediate future. |
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By James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute |
The conventional wisdom that foreign policy does not influence national elections increasingly seems like it will not hold this time around. The death and destruction unfolding in Gaza is being witnessed by young Americans on their phones in real time. They are reacting in disgust both to what they are seeing and to the Biden. |
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