Now in real boys voices pollack lets us hear what boys today are saying even as he explores ways to get them to talk more openly with us boys long to talk about the things that are hurting them their harassment from other boys their troubled relationships with their fathers their embarrassment around girls and confusion about sex . For real boys voices pollack traveled across the country speaking to boys of all socioeconomic backgrounds and races to find out about the pressures pleasures expectations and attitudes of growing up male in america he found boys hungry for connection longing to be themselves and yearning for change . Real boys voices book read 5 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers what real boys have to saya lot of people use words like psycho. Real boys voices is a powerful journey into the minds of guys who have been raised to hold it in be a man dont show how you really feel and this sad list has haunted growing boys well into their painful adult years pollack offers exceptional guidance to show us all parents peers teachers colleagues and society as a whole to change . In the real boys voices here boys speak eloquently and truthfully about such topics as shame bullying and teasing the pressure to fit in addictions how they see the lives of the men they know the importance of their mothers and fathers their own spiritual and creative experiences friendships with other boys and with girls being gay