How everyday people can pass boys and men laws
A few ideas + focus on changing minds instead.
Last week Governor Abigail Spanberger signed into law Virginia legislation that creates the country’s first advisory commission for boys and men. This will help to understand why boys in the Commonwealth suffer the worst literacy gender gap in the country, or why male suicide rates are so high and life expectancy is so low when compared with women — and what to do about it.
The passing of this law also signals that there is potential for broad political will to take seriously male struggles — and votes.
Virginia’s new law is a big deal globally and elected officials and advocates are falling over each other to figure out how to make similar headlines in their jurisdictions. I’ve been involved with Virginia’s law from the beginning and am now being asked for advice on how to pass laws to support boys and men.
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