Boys who cling to stereotypically ‘manly’ traits are more likely to hurt others – but they are in the minority, study finds
The Men’s Project finds most young people don’t hold strict ideas about masculinity and look to real-life role rather than online models
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Adolescent boys who cling to stereotypically masculine traits are far more likely to hurt others, and be hurt themselves, a major study has found, but it also found that overall those boys were in the minority.
Through The Men’s Project, 1,401 male, female and non-binary adolescents aged 14 to 18 were surveyed about masculinity by Jesuit Social Services (JSS).