We Need Gun Control. We Also Must Address Toxic Masculinity
Our culture demands that boys be violent in order to seem cool and masculine — and we must change that, argues activist and Yale freshman Ziad Ahmed.
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Do You Know Your Emotional Self?
I couldn’t stop thinking about what my friends had said and implied through body language. I began to wonder if I actually feel more sadness than my male friends, or if I just express it differently than they do.
Masculinity And Depression: Why Men Won’t Come Forward
When Alex Villaneda was 15, his father passed away. It began a years-long bout with depression that he felt he could not tell anyone about.
Learning the Dos and Don’ts of Manhood
My dad was there for graduations, to teach me how to ride a bike, to see me make accomplishments. My dad was there as a sounding board, as more of a disciplinarian. But my mom was the one who was the breadwinner that I saw — who I consistently saw get up in the morning and go to work.