Let’s turn boys into happily vulnerable men

We need it as much as they do.

Will Mruzek
Nov 1 · 4 min read

As a man, I have always been aware of the pressure on men to hide their more vulnerable emotions. I too was brought up with similar ideas of what it meant to “be a man”. And despite being a couple of decades away from early childhood, a part of me is still aware of this embedded expectation to this day. It wasn’t until recently, though…

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Will Mruzek

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Software Engineer • Entrepreneur • Filmmaker • Occasional Citizen Journalist

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