You haven’t fucked a graham-cracker… yet!

I am not saying that the patriarchy doesnt run deep even at that age. I’m saying that it is different and those differences are not usually what is presented to anyone at that age.

In primary school, from a dating scene perspective, girls have much more control and choice (I mean, in situations where they are not actively oppressed by family/government/etc, which again, boys are not likely exposed to). When boys are presented with explainations of the patriarchy that absolutely do not jive with the feelings of inadequacy they likely have, they probably throw out the whole idea.

I also agree that “touch-grass” is bad advice, since if that was an option, it probably would have happened already.

Solution-wise, I would love to see an organization partner with xbox/playstation online services and have problematic players referred to counseling to correct these issues (and to get their accounts unbanned).

Sadly I think you are right and some groups are totally on board with more oppression as a means to force women into situations with them. Sigh.

I thought this was really well put. The power dynamic between boys and girls is very different than between men and women. Few people explain this or make allowances for it so boys often hear about the patriarchy and it does not line up with their life experience.

What young boys like me didn’t realize when we were being lectured about patriarchy and the problems of men, is that being a man is an extremely privileged position over women, we’re just not old enough to benefit from it yet. This presents a problem on how we teach oppression and discrimination to young people who have little autonomy of their own and feel bad when you imply your immutable characteristics harm people you seek validation from.

CS as in computer science? Go minecraft. Learn how to play with him. Then learn about redstone. Then you can show him amazing things you can do in minecraft with programming.

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