To have an even bigger crush on Robert Webb now?

[RedBlackberries]

He's gorgeous! And now he has written a book that addresses how we are raising boys and girls differently and shouldn't be.

And his mouth

It's a great read. Going for blond men feels a bit incestuous to me, so no crush here, but yeah. Enjoyed it.

After Joss Whedon's fall from grace I just wait for self-proclaimed feminist men to turn out to be misogynist arseholes. I'm finally a bitter, cynical, old feminist. It took a while.

And his mouth

What, with his tiny Tic Tac teeth? No thanks - he's all yours!

I read the Guardian interview promoting the book and thought it was genuinely moving.
I didn't get the impression that he was an oh so enlightened type at all... more that growing up with an abusive arsehole of a father along with all the social expectations of how a bit should be, made his upbringing painful.
Shades of Patrick Stewart.

Might it be a good idea not to focus quite so much on his appearance? What with it being a book about, among other stuff, feminism?

*How a bit should be.

Agree Bertrand about the appearance thing.

Oh ffs boy! Autocorrect dickhead.

He seems great. I so hope he doesn't turn out to be yet another plonker.

Always had a bit of a soft spot for RW. My DH is almost identical to him in demeanor, how he speaks etc. Lucky me! (Doesn't look that much like him, though)

It's interesting how many men are 'hot' being feminists. When women are so often 'ugly' for being feminists or at best attractive 'in spite' of being feminists. I'm looking at you Emma Watson. Odd that feminism makes men hot and women not.

What political stance makes one hotter as a woman?

I'm no better though because Jesse Williams politics do it for me.

I don't fancy him but I do like him and I reckon he would be a top bloke to go for a drink with or something.

YY to shades of Patrick Stewart.

I actually think to counteract the girl/boy raising differences we need to be aware of the differences that are there and actively try to push ourselves into the opposite. We'll automatically do the stereotype-supporting behaviours without trying, even if we think we're enlightened, so it's helpful to put an extra push into e.g. telling boys how kind they are or telling girls they are strong or interesting.

I find him unattractive (agh at his testy...) and a bit smug. I listened to his interview on Woman's Hour recently LINK HERE. He was ok, he had a bit of a shitty childhood but he sounds like he wasn't that nice at a young adult. I suppose he is self aware enough to realise it.

What is wrong with 'boys being boy's?

Eamonn Absolutely nothing, so long as they're not boys 'being boys' because that is what society has told them to be, shaped them to be and expects them to be.

My ds comes home with bruises from 'boys being boys'

Boys will be boys. Said to excuse all sorts of horrible things. Guaranteed misery for boys who like the wrong things or have the wrong personality.

I always fancied him a bit though before this.

But girl will be full on and loud and get into scrapes. They're not being boys though are they? They're being children.

Depends what you mean by 'being boys' doesn't it?

DD would poke things with sticks, run around, be dirty, hit people and shout all day. Only some of those are acceptable, for boys or girls. So why is it acceptable when a boy does it and not DD?

The gender stereotyping starts before they are born!

So he had a lot to deal with growing up? Another self appointed pseudo expert or does he make rational & objective points? From what I've seen and heard I'm tending to think the former but will reserve judgement until I've read the book

He doesn't do it for me I'm afraid but I think he's lovely

Have you heard the radio four show where they read their teenage diaries? He was on it ages ago. He read the bits where his mum died. It was heartbreaking.

I've heard him interviewed about his book. I was very impressed and I think he made a lot of valid points. I'm going to buy the book and give it a read.

I've ordered the book and have booked tickets to see him on the book tour. I like him as an actor and loved Jez, especially the depth he brought to him in the final series. Really liked his character in 'Back' last night.

His Twitter is a good follow and look forward to reading the book when it arrives.