He Wants Boys To Dream Big Too

Brut India

Gender stereotypes can hurt boys too. That's why Rajat Mittal came up with Boyish, a monthly newsletter which features inspiring men who chose unconventional professions.

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00:26Certain cultural ideas have impacted all genders.

00:50Gender is just one such thing, like we all experience it, no matter who you are, right?

00:54So, everyone has a point of view on it, and I think everyone should be able to voice it.

01:03I send these stories on the first Saturday of the month, and I kind of think them as

01:28your nice four-minute read with your cup of coffee in the morning.

01:32You have the time and the space to indulge in and sort of reflect on.

01:52My attempt with Boish is focused on profession, largely because I feel that is the first layer

02:00that I can easily unpack.

02:02That is the first layer where probably men would be receptive to understand because they're

02:09so hyper-focused on a professional identity, right?

02:13So I grew up in a rural sort of suburb in India, right?

02:17Boys like me, we were just trained to hyper-focus on a few attributes of life, right?

02:24Like money, social status, financial success.

02:27That is why I felt strongly about unpacking this first, that how patriarchy or your toxic

02:35masculinity impacts your professional side.

02:58Mothers, sisters, but they're not necessarily given spaces where they can engage naturally

03:07and freely with the other gender outside the family equation, right?

03:13We should figure out ways to cultivate safe spaces for young boys and girls to interact

03:21at least and get to learn about each other.

03:32We have largely substituted physical strength with financial and social strength at this

03:38point for boys.

03:39So what seems to me is that a lot of boys are now hyper-focusing or gravitating towards

03:47those attributes as signals of being macho or being masculine.

03:53You need to cultivate other aspects of life to live a fulfilling life.

03:58IQ is great, but develop EQ.

04:01In fact, developing EQ will probably raise your IQ.

04:04Take the freedom and the liberty to put your ideas out, no matter how wild or how preposterous

04:10they might be.

04:11And especially in today's world where, you know, in the age of internet, there should

04:18be literally no reason to hold your ideas to yourself.

04:24Use other modern mediums to push your identity and push your ideas out.

04:29You'll find your tribe.

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