MR GAD ordinance: On men and adolescent boys' health and well-being

Part 3

After sharing my columns about the Men's Responsibility in Gender and Development (MR GAD) ordinance in Davao City with lawyer Marilyn Riley, our class valedictorian when I was an American Field Service student at Granite Hills High School in California several years ago, I received the following comments:

"This is an excellent program that should be adopted worldwide. Men seem to be afraid to talk to other men except about their work, politics and sports. I think it is sad that men, for the most part, can't discuss their emotions and troubles with each other. In this way, women have more freedom than they do."