3 year old boy killed while being "toughened up"

Gotta train them young not to be sissies: asshole dude murders his girlfriend's child.

I'm glad the mom went to jail for 6 years too.

"He loved the child. He wanted to turn him into a little soldier," said Mendoza's attorney ...

You make torturers by torturing them and creating a fraternity of dehumanization and shame, a dividing line that the (future) torturer must fear to cross. You create and embody oppression and then reward the torturer for participating in that oppression, and threaten them with the loss of their privilege.

You make boys the same way.

I fucking hate it.

Children As They Are looks very cool - fighting gender stereotyping in home and school environments.

Comments

[Calpal]

I read the story and cried. The picture of Mikey was all it took.

[Skye]

People get broken so early, and if they live through it then they spend their lives breaking other people. Bleh.