Don’t Stereotype Men, Either

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/opinion/stereotyping-men.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Why I’m Sick of Manologues,” by Julia Baird (Op-Ed, April 21), arguing that being long-winded is a masculine tendency:

Substitute any other group for “men” and this article would rightly be viewed as demeaning. Let’s stop making negative generalizations about any group. A relentless drumbeat of mocking stereotypes and criticism is damaging for boys and men to absorb, just as it is for anyone else.

MICHAEL RADKOWSKY

Washington

The writer is a psychologist.