Jan KoekepanA better analysis might be around the idea that risk aversion is being hammered into boys, with threat of dire punishments and various forms of "awareness", when the normal male hormonal profile lends itself to risky behaviour. So maybe what the author is really bemoaning is what is perceived as a nation of nervous nellies in masculine form?
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