Supporting Boys’ Resilience: A Dialogue with Researchers, Practitioners, and the Media

  • Allyson Pimentel

Abstract

To improve the lives of women and girls in our society, men’s and boys’ lives must change as well. For over three decades, the mission of the Ms. Foundation for Women has been to support the efforts of women and girls to govern their own lives and influence the world around them. This work has been done with the awareness that the lives and futures of women and girls are interwoven with those of men and boys, and that the gender order in our society has harmful effects on all members of the human community.

Keywords

Sexual Harassment African American Male African American Youth Hegemonic Masculinity Traditional Masculinity 
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© Alice E. Ginsberg and Marybeth Gasman 2007

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  • Allyson Pimentel

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