This is across over between feminism/misogyny and parenting.
Two teens boys (13 and 15yo).
I’ve tried my best to teach them about equality between men and women, show them how men/boy and women/girls could be treated differently etc...
But I’ve clearly failed as
- Dc1 has been nicely mansplaining me and refusing to trust what I’m telling him t(and asking for confirmation from his dad who had much less knowledge than me on said subject )
- If I’m telling dc2 that he is doing xxx wrong, I’m basically told off, he never said xxx (as an adult could be constructed as gaslighting).
Bar the basic lack of respect towards me as a parent, I’m also very concerned that this attitude will just carry on towards women in general as they grow up (because they would not dare saying anything like this or behaving that way towards H).
So, do you have any ressources that coud help me explain misogyny to them as well as the ‘big’ behaviours that are actually disrespectful towards women?
Cor full disclosure, I’m fighting an uphill battle as their behaviour is often H behaviour and school is atrocious on that score (keeps treating boys and girls in a different way, you have girls stuff -eg films- and boys stuff etc etc). Which means very little good role models around :(