Hillary Clinton appears to believe in a form of stoicism - which is a tried and true life philosophy.

It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.

Girls are more academically powerful. They make the grades, they run the student activities, they are the valedictorians.

Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.

"Marginalized others" have access to other ways of knowing, and therefore to deeper, more authentic truths about human reality. They can share that knowledge by speaking about their lived experience while in a safe space. But to provide this kind of safety, members of privileged groups, i.e. white, able-bodied, cis-gendered middle class men, must keep quiet.

It's no wonder there is a mad scramble for victim status on many campuses today. It confers authority and prestige.

We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.