And among those posts, I heard my male friends -- good, decent men -- asking: How can I help? The next day, I wrote an essay on Facebook to answer these decent men. With colleagues and strangers, avoid diminutive nicknames like hon, baby, darling, girl, young lady or kiddo. For boys and young men, you can role-model that activities and traits traditionally coded as "feminine" are valuable. Many people's first interaction with a young girl is to compliment her cuteness, prettiness or clothing.

Source: CNN October 22, 2017 02:37 UTC