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My 9-year-old son told me last night that "boys are hunters, and girls are the prey. The boys have to stalk the girls, and hunt them down. But if the boy sees better prey, then he can dump the old prey and chase the new prey."
I kid you not. That is what he said.
I said, "Boys are NOT hunters and girls are NOT prey. Boys and girls are people with feelings."
He patiently replied, "I KNOW that. But Mom, that is what boys do. I'm trying to explain to you how boys ARE. But I don't want to be like that. I want to have a real family when I grow up."
This is the son of a man who abandoned him three years ago, and is now on his second, or who knows, maybe third girlfriend.
Monkey see, monkey do. Boys see their fathers chasing women, objectifying them. They get confused about what to do. Fathers and husbands need to understand how important their behavior is in educating the next generation.
