Feminist Boys are our Future Men: Changing Culture of Sexual Violence | Bobbi Wegner | TEDxDartmouth

Clinical psychologist and Harvard Lecturer, Bobbi Wegner, Psy.D., explores the role our brain plays in unconsciously gendertyping women and how that feeds a culture of sexual violence and inequity. She offers 3 powerful pieces of practical advice on how to talk to children about this, changing the way men and women see each other from a very early age. Bobbi Wegner, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist, behavioral medicine specialist, teacher, speaker, and parent to three young kids.
Over the past ten years, she focused on the impact of stress on kids, parents, and families. She treats, teaches, writes, and speaks on these issues, seeing individuals and families at Boston Behavioral Medicine and teaching at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She regularly writes on parenting and stress, and is a blogger for Psychology Today (Perfectly Imperfect Parenting: Psychologically Sensitive Approaches to Raising Emotionally Durable Kids), a writer for Thrive Global, an ‘Expert’ on NBC News’ www.parenttoolkit.com, and often publishes on large mainstream parenting sites. And, she speaks to schools and organizations about the importance of managing stress and anxiety, focusing on the need to shift the current parenting culture, and giving practical, real-life skills to the audience. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx