BoyMum by Ruth Whippman - ISBN: 9781529439137
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Raising boys in the #MeToo era: A mother’s quest for answers.
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BoyMum

Raising Boys in an Age of Impossible Masculinity

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    22 September 2026

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Summary

‘BoyMum is one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read as a parent’ - *The Times*

BoyMum is about boys and young men – how we are raising them, and what it means to be a man-in-the-making in an era when #MeToo has challenged our tolerance for toxic masculinity, yet the pressure on young men to be ‘masculine’ has never been more intense.

It is also a mother’s perspective. Ruth Whippman is the proud/overwhelmed, feminist mother of three boys and h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529439137
ISBN-10:1529439132
Author:Ruth Whippman
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:Quercus Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:22 September 2026
Weight:214g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

A brilliant, powerful and very timely take. Everyone raising boys should read this, and all men too * Sam Delaney, author of Sort Your Head Out *
BoyMum is one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read as a parent * Helen Rumbelow, The Times *
An urgent call to reassess how boys are raised and socialized * Publisher’s Weekly *
Nuanced, compassionate and brave, this brilliant book explodes the dogmatic, stereotypical tropes that restrict and smother boys from a positive, feminist perspective. It is warm, meticulously researched, and above all, hopeful. – Laura Bates
The behind-the-scenes story of the most famous misogynist (and one of the most famous people) on the internet… a fascinating insight into the power of his cult of personality and the dangerous tactics used to silence his critics – Matt Blake * Esquire *
Utterly fascinating for anyone raising sons – Gaby Hinsliff

About The Author

Ruth Whippman

Ruth Whippman is a British author and journalist living in the United States. A former BBC documentary director and producer, her essays, cultural criticism and journalism have appeared in the New York Times, Time magazine, the Guardian and the Huffington Post. Her first book, The Pursuit of Happiness, was a New York Post Best Book of the Year, a New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Daily Mail Must Read and a Sunday Times Top Summer Read. She lives in California with her husband and three sons.

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