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Where Are The Girls? The Small Children? The Babies?
Tough Guise
Donald Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents after crossing into the United States has left people worried about the health and well-being of those kids.
We have now seen pictures of older boys. But where are the girls? Where are the tender-aged children? Where are the babies?
One journalist’s visit to a boys’ compound may offer a clue as to why everyone but older boys are kept out of sight. Read the rest of this entry
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Men Caging Ourselves In
Tough guise.
By Lawrence Santiago
All my life I’ve seen guys put on a “tough guy” façade that we are encouraged, or pressured, to create.
When we are little boys we’re told “Don’t cry!”
In kindergarten we flex our muscles and pretend to be strong. We are teased by both men and other boys if we don’t act tough enough. After puberty we are pressured to do risky things that could kill us, just to prove our manhood. Read the rest of this entry
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Tough Guys and Tough Guises
Tough guise
Boys and men can spend a lot of time putting on a tough guise, hoping to pass for tough guys.
Maybe you’ve seen Jackson Katz’s film, Tough Guise, which explores the problem.
The film opens with Dorothy pulling back the curtain of the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz — who turns out to be a nervous and tragic man. Read the rest of this entry
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