Boys were plenty of fun in elementary school, with their own kind of rambunctious games and play styles. Everything changed in middle school, though, because we were all changing ourselves. The boys I had been friends with in elementary school all turned-tail as soon as cooties started catching. They all began posturing and parading their masculinity around for their male peers. Boys would brag nonstop about the imaginary fights, drugs, and girls they got into. I wasn’t able to see it at the time, but now I am able to identify the masculine bravado going down below the
Boys were plenty of fun in elementary school, with their own kind of rambunctious games and play styles. Everything changed in middle school, though, because we were all changing ourselves. The boys I had been friends with in elementary school all turned-tail as soon as cooties started catching. They all began posturing and parading their masculinity around for their male peers. Boys would brag nonstop about the imaginary fights, drugs, and girls they got into. I wasn’t able to see it at the time, but now I am able to identify the masculine bravado going down below the