Waking Women and the World Up to the Boy Crisis

From Lisa: My talk will focus on the importance of waking up the whole world and more women especially to the boy crisis. I will focus in large part on tools like social media and women’s media outlets that can work to help boys become good men. There has been a refusal in women’s work and women’s-oriented media to deal with what is happening to our sons, and a refusal that is somewhat worldwide. We need to change the script if we are to help give boys what they need because so much of their lives depend on what women do and think.

Lisa Britton is a journalist and advocate for fathers and the mental health, and the education & well-being of our boys. “Men and women aren’t meant to be rivals; we’re on the same team,” she has written. And she has pointed out: “When girls were behind in education, we said, 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. Now that boys are behind, it’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴. That double standard isn’t just unfair, it’s unacceptable.” Lisa has met with state government officials and legislators and presented to governmental agencies to inspire the future development of state and federal councils on boys and men.