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From ‘academic boys’ to ‘sex-jaros’: What it means to be a black boy in a South African township

Health Malose Langa - 28 Jul 2020

Toxic masculinities help drive everything from HIV infection rates to gender-based violence. But before we ask, what does it mean to be a ‘man’ in South Africa, should we wonder what it’s like to be a boy?

We need to ask awkward questions about our schools

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 23 Jan 2020

Ignore the language used in brochures and on open days and be vigilant about the details

Nigeria’s poisonous patriarchy

Africa Ibitoye Segun Emmanuel - 2 Jul 2019

Many in Nigeria believe that familial and even societal honor depends on women’s complicity, purity, and silence

Our children are killers and we need to change this

Article Carol Bower - 13 Mar 2019

They learnt violence at home and in society which is marred by inequality and poverty

Schools must take the long walk of reform

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Many private and former Model C schools may look good, but they are rotten to the core

The other side of #MeToo

Article TO Molefe - 1 Jun 2018

Women and others are coming forward to say #MeToo. Men in general are silent, knowing they, too, could rightly be the next accused.

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Latest articles on Toxic Masculinity

From ‘academic boys’ to ‘sex-jaros’: What it means to be a black boy in a South African township

We need to ask awkward questions about our schools

Nigeria’s poisonous patriarchy

Our children are killers and we need to change this

Schools must take the long walk of reform

The other side of #MeToo

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