===== Healthy Masculinities and Relationship Education =====

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**Expanding Emotional Literacy: Teaching accountability without pathologizing natural behaviors**
  * American Psychological Association (APA), Andoh / 2025: [[https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/11-12/rethinking-masculinity|Rethinking Masculinity to Build Healthier Outcomes]]
  * Community Matters, Vogel / 2025: [[https://community-matters.org/2025/08/12/answering-the-call-how-safe-school-ambassadors-helps-boys-and-young-men-thrive/|Answering the Call: Promoting Healthy Masculinity and Peer Support]]

**Non-Violent Relationships: Promoting respect and communication skills**
  * A Call to Men, Executive Team / 2024: [[https://www.acalltomen.org/app/uploads/2025/01/ACTM-EOY-Report-2024.pdf|2024 Impact Report: Healthy Masculinity Initiatives and the LiveRespect Curriculum]]
  * MDPI, Research Team / 2024: [[https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5118/6/4/54|Norms of Masculinities and Gender Socialization: Implications for Interventions]]

**Impact: Supports boys’ well-being while reducing gender-based harm in the broader community**
  * Global Boyhood Initiative (Equimundo), Research Team / 2025: [[https://www.boyhoodinitiative.org/resource/state-americas-boys/|The State of America's Boys: Fostering Well-Being, Virtue, and Citizenship]]
  * CalMatters Opinion, Commentary / 2025: [[https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/07/california-mens-mental-health-design/|What We Still Don't Understand About Men's Mental Health and Emotional Safety]]