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P&G Challenges Men to Shave Their ‘Toxic Masculinity’ in Gillette Ad Spot pegged to #MeToo asks ‘Is this the best a man can get?’ Gillette is embracing the #MeToo movement in a new digital ad campaign aimed at men, the latest message from an advertiser attempting to change societal norms. The ad, dubbed “We Believe,” opens with audio of news about the current #MeToo movement, bullying and “toxic masculinity.” A narrator then goes on to dispute the notion that “boys will be boys,” asking, “Is this the best a man can get? Is it? We can’t hide from it. It...

If you shove me in the checkout line at the local market, can I club you across the head with a baseball bat in self-defense? Of course not. Yet such belligerence seems to inform Israel's latest pummeling of the Gaza Strip. As of this writing, more than 400 Palestinians and four Israelis have been killed. Many Palestinian victims were civilians, including young men who joined police forces simply to feed their families in a region with 45 percent unemployment. The United Nations charter enshrines a nation-state's right of self-defense against armed attack by another state. Even when properly triggered, however,...