Teach Boys to Feel, Change the World

Many women feel unsafe around men due to a cultural pattern that discourages boys from expressing emotions, resulting in men who are not emotionally literate. To improve emotional safety for women, boys must be raised to feel emotionally safe and develop emotional literacy, which can be achieved by breaking generational patterns that stigmatize male emotional expression.

Boys' Emotional Development

• 00:00:13 Boys are often discouraged from expressing emotions like crying, leading to a belief that they are weak or less than. This is perpetuated through cultural norms and societal expectations, hindering the development of emotional literacy in men. This can lead to difficulties in forming healthy relationships in adulthood and cause emotional harm to partners.

Impact on Women's Safety

• 00:00:00 Many women feel unsafe around men emotionally and sometimes physically. This stems from men's lack of emotional awareness and inability to cope with their own or others' emotions. This negative behavior is often a direct result of the way boys are raised, with little to no emphasis on emotional well-being.