The Socialization of Boys Tee Shirt

On this tee shirt, nursery rhymes that tell of male violence, along with messages like "Big boys don't cry," overlay the face of a young boy, dramatizing the violent socialization of males. On the back of this tee shirt, serving as a counterweight to the violent socialization messages displayed on the front, is the message, "Violence is learned. It can be unlearned."

Front of shirt

Back of shirt

The three nursery rhymes on the front of the shirt read:

"Peter, Peter pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her. He put her in a pumpkin shell, And there he kept her, very well, " "Georgie Porgie pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry, " " Eaper Weaper, Chimney Sweeper, Married a wife and could not keep her. Married another and did not love her, Up the Chimney he did SHOVE her!"

In addition, the shirt shows four socialization messages that read: "Boys will be boys," "Don't be a sissy," "Take it like a man," and "Big boys don't cry."

The tee shirt comes in both men's and women's sizes (S, M, L, XL women's / L, XL, XXL men's). It is a white short-sleeved tee shirt with lavender-blue piping on the collar and cuffs for women, solid white collar for men.