Because boys become men and men ultimately initiate the direction of humanity.
Comment on Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn
HorreC@lemmy.world 2 months ago
wait… why is this just boys, and also cant we have all of that?
Gjieoh@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 2 months ago
True, you could argue that young women are also being negatively affected by “toxic influencers”.
I guess Gareth has chosen to focus on issues facing young men though. Of course Gareth has experience mentoring young men, as the manager of England’s men’s football team.
Society probably should help both young women and young men, but maybe each group faces slightly different problems. E.g. according to the Samaritans, men are 3 times as likely to die from suicide as women, although women attempt suicide more than men do. So both groups clearly have problems, but they seem to deal with those problems in different ways. Maybe different approaches are needed when helping each gender.