It’s been a bad week for men in the news. Jesus is the only answer
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Jon Stockley2023-02-10T11:18:00
This week’s most-read news stories have involved men behaving abhorrently. Christian Vision for Men’s Jon Stockley says the only antidote to the relentless surge of toxic masculinity is for men to imitate Christ
“Boys will be boys”. These were the four simple words tweeted by journalist Evie Breese earlier this week. Alongside her tweet, she shared a screenshot of the BBC news homepage, highlighting the most read stories that day: a headteacher and her daughter, shot by her husband; a dad found guilty of his disabled daughter’s manslaughter by negligence; a police officer convicted of multiple rapes; a man arrested in connection with the disappearance of an eleven year old girl, and another man convicted of raiding cyclist Mark Cavendish’s family home at knifepoint.
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