I read a book abt the closeness of boys’ friendships & how society forces distance with age, even when they want to maintain close friendships. It was a sad demonstration of how gender stereotypes about feelings, emotions, & ways of being a friend harms boys & young men. bookshop.org/p/books/deep...
Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of Connection"Boys are emotionally illiterate and don't want intimate friendships." In this empirically grounded challenge to our stereotypes about boys and men, Niobe Way reveals the intense intimacy among teenag...bookshop.org