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Parenting: Robert Webb

Actor and comedian Robert Webb talks about what masculinity meant to him as he grew up with rules like: Don’t Cry, Love Sport, Play Rough, Drink Beer, Don’t Talk About Feelings

Actor, writer and comedian Robert Webb has written a memoir ‘How Not To Be a Boy,’ looking back at his bittersweet childhood in Lincolnshire and examining what masculinity meant to him as he grew up with rules for men like: Don’t Cry, Love Sport, Play Rough, Drink Beer, Don’t Talk About Feelings. Jane Garvey asks the Peep Show star what he thinks about the impact of this message - what use are rules like this to any girl or boy?

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