Male tears | Dog time | Half Man Half Biscuit | Mother’s Week | San Serriffe
Since the release of Adolescence on Netflix, there has been a lot of discussion about what it is to be male and toxic masculinity, which the Guardian has participated in. I was therefore particularly disappointed to see that the headline on your article about pigeon theft (1 April) began with “I cried like a little boy”. I appreciate that it comes from a quotation of an interviewee, but please don’t use subediting to reinforce ideas that grown men don’t cry. Surely we are all seeing the damage these nonsensical societal messages inflict on men, and all of us.
Dr Imogen Kearns
NHS clinical psychologist, London
• Ruth Ogden’s article is very insightful on the unsettling effect on humans of changing the clocks (Changing your clock? Scientists are only just beginning to understand what this does to us, 29 March). Our dog’s intriguing inner clock knows pee-times, tea-times, me-times and walkie-times. He thinks we get confused about this twice a year, but knows we are only human.
Rosalind Gillan
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Continue reading… Male tears | Dog time | Half Man Half Biscuit | Mother’s Week | San SerriffeSince the release of Adolescence on Netflix, there has been a lot of discussion about what it is to be male and toxic masculinity, which the Guardian has participated in. I was therefore particularly disappointed to see that the headline on your article about pigeon theft (1 April) began with “I cried like a little boy”. I appreciate that it comes from a quotation of an interviewee, but please don’t use subediting to reinforce ideas that grown men don’t cry. Surely we are all seeing the damage these nonsensical societal messages inflict on men, and all of us.Dr Imogen KearnsNHS clinical psychologist, London• Ruth Ogden’s article is very insightful on the unsettling effect on humans of changing the clocks (Changing your clock? Scientists are only just beginning to understand what this does to us, 29 March). Our dog’s intriguing inner clock knows pee-times, tea-times, me-times and walkie-times. He thinks we get confused about this twice a year, but knows we are only human.Rosalind GillanHuddersfield, West Yorkshire Continue reading… Men, Society, Dogs, Animals, Life and style, Pets, Politics, Pop and rock, Music, Mother’s Day, JD Vance, UK news