“There’s definitely many, many, many more girls getting involved in many of these movements than boys. (It) has to do with this caricature that we paint and construct from a very young age in terms of what a boy should be. A boy should spend his summers playing sports rather than engaging in service or academic or activist work. A boy should be doing things that are physical, or manly, or masculine, rather than deconstructing systems of privilege that they may benefit from.” – Yale student Ziad Ahmed in The gun control movement needs boys [via vox.com]
Gun Control’s Boy Problem – Quote of the Day
courtesy ziadtheactivist.com