Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and ViolencePresenting reasonable and realistic things that can be done--at home, in school, in regard to sports, toys, films, TV, and music--to start the process of turning boys away from violence, Miedzian's solutions are as startling as they are well-argued. One has to agree with the main point raised in this extensively-researched book: The issue of male violence has to be addresses early on. |
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BOYS WILL BE BOYS: How We Encourage Violence in Our Sons and What We Can Do to Stop It
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictWhy do some boys become violent men? Miedzian's research indicts absent fathers and the "culture of violence" that promotes war toys, violent films and music, brutal sports, and bigotry. Includes tested school programs for changing the "male mind-set." (LJ 6/1/91) Read full review
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Real Men Wimps and Our National | 18 |
Boys Will Be Boys | 39 |
RAISING SONS | 75 |
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| Title | Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence |
| Author | Myriam Miedzian |
| Publisher | Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0385239327, 9780385239325 |
| Length | 337 pages |
| Subjects | › › Family & Relationships / Parenting / Child Rearing Social Science / Children's Studies Social Science / Men's Studies Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family |
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