Horse, 'It's not the males that are toxic but how they grow'

"We must no longer use the word 'toxic masculinity', because there is nothing toxic in boys or in men. They are the narratives that we have built around what it means to become them." This is the message from Francesca Cavallo, author of 'Stories of the goodnight for rebel girls' (returned last year with twelve 'Space Stories for the Males of the Future'), from the stage of TedxPadova, this afternoon. "When my niece was born, I bought her gifts from both female department than from the male one - he recalled - for my nephew, on the other hand, I bought a small jacket from aviator. A miniature piece of military clothing." A story that reveals how "the space we give girls to exploring who I am has fortunately increased in recent years. For the kids, though, it's remained the same." "For years I have worked for the empowerment of girls, I have I traveled the world and met many families who asked me 'And the boys?'" Cavallo said. "For a long time this question It bothered me, then I understood that they wanted to raise their own children differently, but they didn't know how to do it." On this topic the author claims to have reflected and studied a lot before writing his last book, even at cost of doubting herself. "If I had to write a book for children, I had to give them the same level of trust that I gave to the girls - he continued - but there I understood that I didn't trust them." Now, however, the message of the writer for the men of the future is this: "stop try to conquer the world, and try to conquer you ourselves. We cannot build a better world without yours. hearts" and emotions, "and we cannot build any world without of you".