It’s the question on every parent’s lips. In the light of the murder of Sarah Everard, and the subsequent outpouring of feeling from women and girls who are fed up with feeling threatened and unsafe, how should we raise our sons? And, more specifically, how should we raise sons who are able to challenge misogyny and sexism?
I really want to know the answer. I came of age writing for lads’ magazines in the 1990s, when every edition was stuffed with semi-naked models. Now, I’m the father of three sons, aged 13, 16 and 18. When Kit Malthouse, the policing minister, said this week that not only should sex-education classes include teaching boys to respect women, but that all adults had a duty to
