"The Mask You Live In" documentary film suggests that American male culture forces boys to suppress their humanity, making many of them dangerous. In this response, AEI scholar Christina Hoff Sommers discusses the problem with failing to distinguish between two very different types of masculinity.


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Is masculine culture toxic for boys?

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