This includes higher levels of heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, cancer and more. The Centers for Disease Control reports that social isolation significantly increased a person’s risk of premature death from all causes, a risk that may rival those of smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity. In 2018, Cigna issued a study which stated nearly half (46%) of Americans report sometimes or always feeling alone. The disconnection this creates is deeply isolating, contributing to an epidemic of loneliness in the United States. Greene: Boys’ authentic emotional expression, empathy, ability to connect, all of the human capacities which are at the heart of forming healthy relationships are suppressed by man box culture, in favor of asserting boys’ and men’s ability to be aggressive, dominant and to control others. Boys are trained into stoic, disconnected performances of man box masculinity beginning in infancy, first by our parents, then by our brothers and sisters, then the kids in the neighborhood, our teachers, coaches, ministers, movies, the media and so on.Ĭaprino: How does man box culture impact the relational development of boys and men? Our view of women? The purpose of the “ act like a man box” is to police boys and men into a hierarchical, domination-based culture of masculinity, which strips us of individual authentic connection and teaches us to validate our masculinity exclusively by dominating others. Talk about sex, cars, sports, never anything deep.
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