Boys Are Being Taught To Hide Their Feelings. I'm Still Haunted By What That Taught Me
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The manosphere is unescapable – so we need to talk about it. My classroom in Texas had a paddle hanging on the wall. Three feet of thick wood, with one word carved into it with precision: EDUCATOR One of the teachers used to joke about drilling holes in it so he could swing it harder. I was a military kid in the mid-1990s, growing up near Fort Hood, Texas, and I was happy. Treehouses. Boy Scouts. Chickens in the backyard. That’s what makes this story difficult to tell properly. When a kid got paddled, he’d come back to the lunch table fighting back tears, trying not to cry. Trying to just…
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Boys Are Being Taught To Hide Their Feelings. I'm Still Haunted By What That Taught Me
The manosphere is unescapable – so we need to talk about it. My classroom in Texas had a paddle hanging on the wall. Three feet of thick wood, with one word carved into it with precision: EDUCATOR One of the teachers used to joke about drilling holes in it so he could swing...
