In the past, it was cool for young men to support women’s equality: now a dangerously cliched gender picture dominates

In all the recent accounts of teenage shootings, stabbings and fights, it’s hard not to be struck by just how much testosterone-fuelled anger there is around.

Whenever these cases come to court, what we hear about is young boys taking offence or warding off “disrespect” or insults, always trying to trying to prove their hardness and masculinity. Time and time again what comes over is a picture of boys trying to be cool, where cool is hard.

Full article: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jun/11/women.women?gusrc=rss&feed=global