Boys Are Us

First post.

I have two sons, two granddaughters and one grandson, so it’s in my best interests to make sure that the world is a fairer place for both genders. Human nature being what it is, things are not perfect, possibly never will be, but girls are doing okay these days.
Mothers are aware of what their responsibilities are to their daughters and have been raising strong and confident girls well before Helen Reddy sang ‘I am woman hear me roar’. On the other hand, unless a woman has grown up with brothers, she is not likely to understand sons or what to do with them. The end result is to feminise boys.

Women in the workforce and the professions have paved the way for young girls and provided them with strong role models. But somewhere along the line and in a way that I don’t quite get, it hasn’t made the genders equal, it’s just shifted the gender balance. Whenever women win, it seems to have a detrimental effect on men.

One example can be seen in today’s literature. Women writers and some male writers have produced strong female protagonists with not as brave or not as clever male sidekicks. Good for girls, but disastrous for boys. Even where a male role model exists someone wants to take it away. Disney has got rid of Pooh Bear’s mate of 90 years, Christopher Robin, and replaced a ‘him’ with a ‘her’! A tomboy girl wearing a backwards cap and overalls has taken over the character based on A A Milne’s son.
There must be a way that female equality can be achieved without at the same time depriving boys of their identity. Hopefully this is what this blog will be about: addressing and redressing the imbalance. I have another blog, Mary’s Omnibus, and other writing commitments (plus I am slow), but I intend to add to it as often as I can. Do be patient and drop in occasionally.
If anybody has some information regarding this topic that they would like me to look into, and write about they can email me at marys.omnibus@gmail.com