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Suckered into Sacrifice?
Are we, perhaps unwittingly, training our sons to be fodder for war? Continuing the debate from my first three posts: If, in our evolutionary past, society believed that traditional war was inevitable, then it needed all its men to have … Continue reading
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Tagged boys' games, brainwashed, community, coward, guns, heroism, honour, indefensible and illogical war, killing, masculinity linked to war, masculinity questioned, parents, patriotism, reward, rituals, sacrifice, shame, validation, war romantisized, weapons, women and patriotism
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Be a Man, my Son
In this post I want to start to look at how we may be unconsciously and unintentionally raising our sons for the trauma of warfare, and to be capable of killing. In my last post, I suggested a list of … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptable male qualities, active, competitive, courageous, fear, Goldstein, killing, mock, risky behaviour, sensitivity, shame, strong, tough, vulnerability, warfare
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Raising our Sons for War?
Are we – parents and society – unconsciously raising our sons to be useful pawns for war? In his fascinating, well documented book, “War and Gender”, Joshua S. Goldstein*, Professor of International Relations at American University, DC, puts forward the … Continue reading
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Tagged boys, characteristics, Goldstein, killing, men, soldiers, sons, training, war
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Boys to Men 