Are You Raising a Misogynist
We talk a lot about empowering girls and women, and that’s a good thing.
But here’s the question no one seems to want to ask:
What messages are boys absorbing in the process?
When we focus solely on lifting girls up, without also guiding boys, we risk creating confusion, resentment, and even hostility.
Boys are growing up in a world that often tells them what not to be:
But where are the conversations about what boys should be?
Where’s the celebration of their unique strengths, their potential, their value to society?
Without strong male role models and balanced guidance, boys are left to navigate mixed messages on their own.
When they feel misunderstood or excluded, it’s easy for frustration to fester.
Resentment grows.
Misogyny takes root.
领英推荐
It doesn’t have to be this way. Boys don’t need to be sidelined to make room for girls—they need to be included in the conversation.
They need male role models who show them that strength isn’t about overpowering others, but lifting them up.
That leadership isn’t about dominating, but serving.
And that respecting women doesn’t mean diminishing themselves—it means knowing their own worth while honouring the worth of others.
The truth is, empowering one group at the expense of another doesn’t build a better future. It creates division.
If we want true equality, we need to guide boys and girls together—equally valued, equally supported.
Because when boys are taught to respect others and embrace their own strengths, they don’t grow into a menace to society.
They grow into its backbone.
Let’s stop framing masculinity as the problem and start asking the hard questions about how to raise boys who are confident, respectful, and ready to thrive in a world that needs them.
What do you think?
Are we asking the right questions when it comes to raising boys?