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Undermining Trash Talk
Learnings & Unlearnings
Undermining Trash Talk
Learnings & Unlearnings

At its worst, trash talk gets picked up by boys who would rather go on the offensive than end up as targets themselves. It fuels the us-versus-them dehumanization that turns rivalry into conflict, and the hierarchical don’t-be-vulnerable mindset that leads to patterns of hazing in sports teams and toxicity in video games.

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Being Anti-Homophobic
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Being Anti-Homophobic
Learnings & Unlearnings

My job is not to protect myself from unwanted critique. My job is to provide a space that is safe, supportive and open to boys being themselves. I have to role model that.

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Do Boys Objectify Themselves?
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Do Boys Objectify Themselves?
Learnings & Unlearnings

I knew him since before we were teenagers, but it wasn’t until we were young adults that I ever knew him to go to the doctor. It was an immediate surgery for a ruptured appendix.

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Talking About Kobe and Sexual Assault
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Talking About Kobe and Sexual Assault
Learnings & Unlearnings

I think it’s a missed opportunity to skirt around the sexual assault case when talking about Kobe with adolescent boys, because it creates a space to challenge the Trump-era notion of a ‘witch hunt’ against men, and it allows boys to reflect on making mistakes and making amends.

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