Toxic masculinity is all over the news lately, including the Gillette razors ad and the new guidelines from the American Psychological Association on how therapists can help men/boys. Is toxic masculinity really a thing? And if so, how is it impacting how we parent our kids, especially boys?

Episode references:

• Gillette ad: https://youtu.be/xsYKb3T13Wk
• APA guidelines summary: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/01/ce-corner
• NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/apa-guidelines-men-boys.html
• The Federalist: http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/17/gillettes-toxic-masculinity-ad-accidentally-makes-case-patriarchy/
• Vox.com: https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/1/22/18188776/toxic-masculinity-gillette-ad-apa-guidelines
• Townhall.com: https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2019/02/04/toxic-masculinity-is-misnamed-n2540743
• The Onion (parody): https://local.theonion.com/woman-didn-t-know-progress-on-toxic-masculinity-would-t-1831869468