Calles emphasizes that she has not encountered the version of toxic masculinity often associated with all-male Catholic schools from any of the students at St. Benedict’s Prep. Perhaps that is by design, as Leahy and his team take every opportunity to encourage healthy relationships, mutual respect, and genuine individuality among the students. That isn’t to say toxic masculinity doesn’t exist elsewhere, but applying that general label to any typically male behavior is what Sean Kullman, president of the Global Initiative for Boys and Men, sees as part of the problem.

Kullman believes an authentic male narrative is more important now than ever. He makes a strong case for single-sex education, saying Catholic schools have the opportunity to lead the nation in advocating for boys and girls. But in order to do so they must embrace authentic masculinity. Kullman asserts that “terms such as toxic masculinity, patriarchy, and interloper are linked to a common rhetoric—designed to see the worst in inherent male behavior and presence. The phrase boys will be boys had everything to do with boys wrestling with one another, climbing trees, and the ways boys engage with their world.” He says, “We have allowed that once harmless phrase to progress to the detriment of our boys and men and conflate a social narrative that creates an archetypal image of the male as threatening. The overwhelming number of boys and men are not dangerous, not toxic, and do not have privilege.”

Kullman, a former educator and a Catholic father raising two sons with his wife, who he notes is the primary breadwinner, believes that the climate around boys and men has become more and more unforgiving over the past four decades. As girls are rightfully supported by education funding and grants, an Office on Women’s Health, and even a White House Council on Women and Girls, there is no White House Council on Boys and Men, Office on Men’s Health, or nearly the amount of funding anymore for boys. Statistics show boys are falling behind and getting lost.

Single-sex education is not a common choice in our country and is not the answer for every child, but Kullman believes it is a choice that parents of all income levels should have. He points to data from the International Boys’ School Coalition showing boys will pursue their interests more openly in a single-sex environment. “There are always going to be distractions, but these distractions have more to do with maturity, rites of passage, and being mentored through them appropriately, which can happen more effectively in a single-sex classroom for some male and female students,” he says.

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Great contribution by Sean Kullman, usually the conversation on gender equality focus exclusively on bad male behavior and female disadvantage. we still have a long way but at least we start to see a small change and some are talking about male disadvantages.

Why the US have an Office on Women’s Health and a White House Council on Women and Girls but no White House Council on Boys and Men and no Office on Men’s Health ?! because the feminist movement is not egalitarian. this was created by the lobbying of feminists.