you teach him to "man up" so that he can be resilient at whatever trials that life throws at him. You teach him to toughen up so that he has the strength and fortitude to keep pushing because it's 2015, for godsake.



>against what exactly?
>its not like he's going to hunting for his dinner
>or he's headed out to raid another tribe
>its 2015, for godsakes
>
>what this typically means is teaching boys how to repress
>emotions
>so as not to appear weak - the whole big boys dont cry thing
>that also comes along with how we define 'masculine hetero
>alpha
>actually, this is probably another issue to discuss-
>because it does have repercussions
>
>perhaps we should teach boys to be girls
>we tend to be tougher anyway
>(not physically maybe, but in ways that count in the longer
>run)
>


Fuck your fort!