A recent article calls attention to the way misbehavior on the part of adult men is characterized and dismissed as simply youthful behavior. After all, they are just boys, which makes the behavior innocent or harmless. This is interesting on two counts. One, is the idea that misbehavior — or worse — is excusable if grown men are characterized as boys. The second, is that in reality, the misbehavior of young boys is in no way considered acceptable when boys really are young. In fact, such [...]
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