Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Since we all know that boys (and men) do cry, this video focuses on the relatively narrow set of social circumstances where those tears are permitted.

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RECOMMENDED READING
• The Will to Change by bell hooks
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Will-to-Change/bell-hooks/9780743456081
• The Gender Knot by Allan G Johnson
http://tupress.temple.edu/book/1306
• Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett
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CREDITS
Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh
Outro music: Rick Lopez