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Men need to be men.  Will AI threaten that?

https://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/article/artificial-intelligence-men-18294763.php

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Award-winning Young Adult fiction novelist Pam Withers stops by the podcast to discuss her latest book Mountain Runaways. This fast-paced novel tells the story of the three kids, Jon, Korka and Aron, who lose their parents in an avalanche and decide to run away into the mountains and fend for themselves until the oldest sibling, Jon, turns 18 and can become their legal guardian. They have to deal with illness, injury, wild animals and each other.
Pam talks about why YA fiction has such crossover appeal and how to get boys to read. She has created the website www.yadudebooks.ca as a resource for young male readers and is the author of Jump Starting Boys: Help Your Reluctant Reader Find Success in School and Life.

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The term toxic masculinity has been gaining traction, and is often used to talk about the type of masculinity where men use dominance, violence and control to gain power and superiority over others.  There's also been an increase in efforts to educate boys in how to talk more about their feelings. But with the rise of Incels, Andrew Tate, free porn, and pick up artists, you could be forgiven for wondering whether we're really making progress at all.

So I contacted Mike Nicholson, Director of a programme called Progressive Masculinity. He goes into schools to talk to boys about masculinity. My key aim was to ask him more about how we as parents can better support our boys to develop a healthy style of masculinity.

Mike Nicholson: www.progressivemasculinity.co.uk
Other useful episodes on this topic:
Andrew Tate and the mansophere: 33
Pornography: 13
Teen male friendships and the 'man box': 16

Great role model:
Mark Lewis: https://www.marklewis.co.uk/
Novak Djokovic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=867mtHTsaDo

Role models suggested by Mike:
https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/blog/progressive-masculinity-and-great-models-for-our-boys/

Boys in education:
https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_reeves_how_to_solve_the_education_crisis_for_boys_and_men/c?user_email_address=261da4b3403e372197fe941147a78e48

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