Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.

Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn’t something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.

Sociopathy is the extreme manifestation of the way we socialize boys in our society.

In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.

Men are every bit as gendered as women.

The argument that 'boys will be boys' actually carries the profoundly anti-male implication that we should expect bad behavior from boys and men. The assumption is that they are somehow not capable of acting appropriately, or treating girls and women with respect.

Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.