Father Hynes told this story:

One time when I was here [in this Redlight District], all the little kids [points around us] were running around me like this. Two little boys, about 5 or 6 years old, came up to me and were very excited to play and talk with me. I chatted with them for a bit and then asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up. The first boy immediately said to me, “I want to be a priest!”

The second boy didn’t answer. The first boy then elbowed him and said, “You want to be a priest too, right!” The second boy furrowed his brows and pushed the elbow away. He said, “No, I want to be a pimp.”

Now you see what kind of environment they grow up in.

 

The DNA Foundation, created by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore to fight sex trafficking of girls, launched a campaign this past Monday titled, “Real Men.”

It’s a series of videos that show Real Men like Bradley Cooper, Adrian Peterson, Drake (as seen above), Jason Mraz, Justin Timberlake, and other men-of-men doing “manly” activities — whatever that may be. But one thing is for sure: buying girls is not an activity that Real Men engage in.

You can watch the videos on DNA’s YouTube channel. My favorites are: Real Men Are Distrustful Of Robots; Real Men Know How To Start A Fire; and Real Men Have A Sense Of Direction.

I can’t speak on behalf of all females but I for one prefer Real Men.
So fellas, are you a Real Man?

I just came across this page about young men in Australia speaking up for gender-equality.

The boy effect for The Girl Effect.

Here’s a video of the young students voicing their perspective.

 
And here is an awareness video that the students created (same style as Jonathan Reed’s Lost Generation poem, which I plan to post eventually).

They may be young but they’re definitely more man than most grown “men.”