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Robert Webb wants to rewrite masculinity
'Don't cry', 'Don't show emotion', 'Enjoy sport' - these are the rules comedian and writer Robert Webb felt he was bound by growing up.
Now a fully-fledged adult, who's written a memoir called How Not to Be a Boy, Robert tells us why he thinks we need to rewrite masculinity, and why stereotypical rules about gender are harmful to all of us.
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