Sam Boland: Time for men to listen to women, and learn from them

Amid a new global gender divide, men could mark International Women’s Day by taking responsibility for the way they behave
Sam Boland: Time for men to listen to women, and learn from them

Taylor Swift makes it clear that men who behave badly can take a hike. And look at her current beau, American football star Travis Kelce: The responsibility he takes for his behaviour is a world away from the toxic masculinity beguiling a generation of lonely young men. Picture: Brynn Anderson/AP

It's on November 19, lads.

In an increasingly tedious joke, the only time men care about International Men’s Day is in the lead-up to International Women’s Day. But there’s growing evidence that, especially for our younger men, we should be taking our issues more seriously.

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