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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Most gendered behavioral differences aren’t innate; social pressures strongly shape expectations.
Chapter 3: The rigid dress code for boys gets enforced through a culture of bullying.
Chapter 4: Absurd gender stereotypes just don’t hold up under serious scrutiny.
Chapter 5: Boys are expected to relish rough physicality, not thoughtful, intellectual pursuits.
Chapter 6: Boys aren’t encouraged to build social skills early, so men often avoid social contact later.
Chapter 7: Male socialization often produces lousy boyfriends unwilling even to bother dumping their girlfriends when things end.
Chapter 8: It’s natural for men to cry, and even straight men can have sexual relationships too.
Chapter 9: Men aren’t good at expressing emotions, and they can become tyrannically over-organized too.
Description
How Not To Be a Boy (2017) is writer and actor Robert Webb’s personal account of what it was like to grow up as a boy in rural England. In particular, what it was like to be the kind of boy who wasn’t all that into typically “manly” stuff. Webb’s tale is both a heartfelt autobiography and a humorously critical assessment of the pressures society can put on young men.
Who Should Listen
- Readers who love a funny story
- People opposed to gender stereotypes
- Fans of Robert Webb and Peep Show