6 Nov 2025

Teen boys feeling pressure to conform to toxic masculinity

From Checkpoint, 5:45 pm on 6 November 2025

Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about a major survey of young people finding that many teenage boys feel pressure to conform to toxic notions of masculinity.

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