{"id":3469,"date":"2013-05-29T07:45:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T13:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2014-08-10T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T21:10:31","slug":"i-make-up-worlds-the-problem-with-boys-will-be-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/29\/i-make-up-worlds-the-problem-with-boys-will-be-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"I Make Up Worlds &#8211; The Problem with &#8216;Boys Will Be Boys&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/kateelliottsff.tumblr.com\/post\/51134366578\/the-problem-with-boys-will-be-boys\">I Make Up Worlds &#8211; The Problem with &#8216;Boys Will Be Boys&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3473\" alt=\"1997-6_wm\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1997-6_wm-300x200.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1997-6_wm-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1997-6_wm.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>An interesting parallel. I&#8217;ve always thought that parents needed to accept responsibility for at least <strong>some<\/strong> of the violence against women problem. But especially the moms &#8211; their action (and <em><strong>inaction<\/strong>)<\/em><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em>has a profound influence on boys&#8217; attitudes and behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>You know when you have a puppy and people warn you not to let it do anything as a puppy that you don&#8217;t want it doing as an adult?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Newsflash:<br \/>\n<em><strong>That applies to children<\/strong><\/em><strong> too!<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another way to look at it: If a grown-up <em>you <strong>didn&#8217;t<\/strong><\/em> know<strong> <em>behaved like your kid is behaving now&#8230;<\/em> <\/strong>would you think it was OK?<\/p>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3469'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3469);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3469);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3469);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I Make Up Worlds &#8211; The Problem with &#8216;Boys Will Be Boys&#8217;. An interesting parallel. I&#8217;ve always thought that parents needed to accept responsibility for at least some of the violence against women problem. But especially the moms &#8211; their &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/29\/i-make-up-worlds-the-problem-with-boys-will-be-boys\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[151,103,26],"class_list":["post-3469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-gender","tag-society","tag-violence"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-TX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2422,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/07\/26\/a-call-to-arms-for-decent-men-a-re-post-of-ernest-adams-column\/","url_meta":{"origin":3469,"position":0},"title":"A Call to Arms for Decent Men: A Re-Post of Ernest Adams&#8217; column.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A Call to Arms for Decent Men. 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That, and the fact that programming is largely about lists, organizing, and puzzles - all things that women often find appealing. Of course, I buy into the argument here about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5892,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/09\/worth-sharing-predator-friendly-ranching-puppy-talk-and-how-it-relates-to-lgd\/","url_meta":{"origin":3469,"position":4},"title":"Worth Sharing: Predator Friendly Ranching &#8230;: Puppy talk and how it relates to LGD","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a very well-written post. The advice applies to other breeds besides livestock guardians too! 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