Not sure how I feel about this, and I'd like some opinions
I think the video's purpose is worth discussion and acknowledgement, but with a grain of salt. Most everyone faces some kind of adversity growing up, and I imagine that it's a healthy thing, part of the human experience. But how do you quantify or measure this, what is an ideal amount of adversity? We don't know, and that's precisely my frustration with social science in general. Throw people into "the equation" and you're left with statistics, at best, to attempt understanding a situation. Obviously, the more people, the better your statistics, the sounder the science. The problem is that everyone is so individually different on a personal, psychological level that judging how any one male will react to addressing this issue of masculinity is impossible to judge. It could save a kid's life, or it could really piss someone off. Obviously the reward is greater than the risk, in this instance, which is why I would deem it worth discussion. Additionally, I think that the issue of expressing femininity is just as complicated, but in totally different ways. Even the variations between what constitutes acceptable gender identity vary so widely between ethnic groups... it's convoluted, and constantly evolving. Still, IMHO it's healthy that discussion of the issue is put on the table.