Buoy
- To keep afloat or aloft.
- To maintain at a high level; support.
- To hearten or inspire; uplift.
Why this blog?
This
is a place for us to explore, discover, discuss, and create the
resources, ideas, and practices that boys need to thrive, so that we may
better support them in being resilient, healthy, empowered boys who
grow into compassionate, well-adjusted, and confident men.
Don't boys already have 'male privilege'?
There
is an abundance of programs, products, resources, media, clubs, etc.
sending the message that girls can do anything they set their minds to,
girls are powerful, girls are empowered, girls are divine, girls are
competent, successful, creative, beautiful, and valuable. The success of
any of these efforts is certainly open for debate. However, they are
there for girls and not for boys. We have been operating with the
assumption that boys are already receiving this message because of the
legacy of traditional gender roles in our society. But are they still
getting this message? If all they are getting is the power and value of
girls, what does that teach them about themselves? What messages would
we like for them to be getting?
What do boys need?
What we don't want to do is go backwards. Maybe it was simpler when roles were more clearly defined and were never questioned. But that left a lot of marginalized and unhappy people who were unable to conform. Instead, we want to forge a new way forward building on the progress that we have made, learning from oversights and failures, and finding our way to an embracing, accepting, inclusive future.
What we don't want to do is go backwards. Maybe it was simpler when roles were more clearly defined and were never questioned. But that left a lot of marginalized and unhappy people who were unable to conform. Instead, we want to forge a new way forward building on the progress that we have made, learning from oversights and failures, and finding our way to an embracing, accepting, inclusive future.
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