Dystopian

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, dystopian or dystopia is defined as an imaginary place where people lead dehumanizing and often fearful lives. In the reading “Talking to Boys the Way We Talk to Girls” by Andrew Reiner, the word appears on the third page on the second paragraph as stated, “We tell ourselves we are preparing our sons to fight (literally and figuratively), to compete in a world and economy that’s brutish and callous. The sooner we can groom them for this dystopian future, the better off they’ll be”. Knowing what the word means, I can understand the reading better. The sooner they are talked out of this imaginary place that society has created, a society that seems to be dehumanizing boys, the sooner boys will begin to grow in an environment that wont negatively affect them.