I come from a Catholic background and St. John Bosco is seen as the patron saint of men and boys. A mother writes a heart rending account about the future of her sons. I am posting a paragraph then putting a link to the page in a comment.

Perhaps it is because I am a mother of only sons that I am so saddened and enraged by the plight befalling young boys—and now young men—in our culture. In 2018, as I stood in line to vote, a young woman walked by me wearing a t-shirt proclaiming “The Future is Female.” I ran my hand over my very visibly pregnant stomach, desperately assuring the little one growing within me that his existence was not a threat, that his beautiful mind and irreplaceable soul were willed from the very foundations of time by a Creator who loves him unconditionally.

The ubiquitous narrative adopted by our society is that “toxic masculinity” is responsible for all the world’s ills, and of course there is no way for a male to be masculine and not toxic. 

Young boys are now being given the moral responsibility of every evil—real and imagined—committed by their gender. In a world screaming for everyone to be themselves, boys are told to shut up and stand back.