As socially constructed identities, boys and men learn “appropriate” gender roles in accordance with the masculine expectations of their given society. This means that from very early on boys get messages on what it means to be a boy. Recently I developed a deeper passion for my husband’s work – if you don’t know already, he is into mentorship for young men. This passion has driven my curiosity in doing research and reading up any book, article I can find about masculinity, males, men, and boys. In my search for knowledge, I have affirmed that a society to be masculine it has traits that are categorized as male, such as strength, dominance,…
