it is very very important for boys to know that:

• you’re allowed to express your discomfort and hurt
• you’re allowed to speak up and defend yourself
• your emotions are valid
• you’re not a bad person 
• you’re not ugly
• you don’t have to laugh at sexist jokes just because everyone is laughing
• you’re not inferior to girls
• you are loved
• the stereotypes that mainstream media portray you as are untrue
• only you know what it’s like to be you, everyone else is just looking in from the outside
• you’re not a bad person, and people are going to try and make you feel like you are, but you’re not