Toxic masculinity is having a cultural moment. Or rather, the idea that masculinity doesn’t have to be toxic is having one.

For parents who are trying to raise kind boys who will grow into compassionate men, the American Psychological Association’s recent assertion that “traditional masculinity ideology” is bad for boys’ well-being is concerning because our kids are exposed to that ideology every day when they walk out of then house or turn on the TV or the iPad.

That’s why a new viral ad campaign from Gillette is so inspiring—it proves society already recognizes the problems the APA pointed out, and change is possible.

Gillette’s new ad campaign references the “Me Too” movement as a narrator explains that “something finally changed, and there will be no going back.”

If may seem like something as commercial as a marketing campaign for toiletries can’t make a difference in changing the way society pressures influence kids, but it’s been more than a decade since Dove first launched its Campaign for Real Beauty, and while the campaign isn’t without criticism, it was successful in elevating some of the body-image pressure on girls but ushering in an era of body-positive, inclusive marketing.

Dove’s campaign captured a mainstream audience at a time when the APA’s “Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Girls and Women” were warning psychologists about how “unrealistic media images of girls and women” were negatively impacting the self-esteem of the next generation.

Similarly, the Gillette campaign addresses some of the issues the APA raises in its newly released “Guidelines for the Psychological Practice with Boys and Men.”

“Traditional masculinity ideology has been shown to limit males’ psychological development, constrain their behavior, result in gender role strain and gender role conflict and negatively influence mental health and physical health.”

According to the APA

The report’s authors define that ideology as “a particular constellation of standards that have held sway over large segments of the population, including: anti-femininity, achievement, eschewal of the appearance of weakness, and adventure, risk, and violence.”

The APA worries that society is rewarding men who adhere to “sexist ideologies designed to maintain male power that also restrict men’s ability to function adaptively.”

That basically sounds like the recipe for Me Too, which is of course its own cultural movement.

Savvy marketers at Gillette may be trying to harness the power of that movement, but that’s not entirely a bad thing. On its website, Gillette states that it created the campaign (called “The Best a Man Can Be,” a play on the old Gillette tagline “The Best a Man Can Get”) because it “acknowledge that brands, like ours, play a role in influencing culture.”

Gillette’s not wrong. We know that advertising has a huge impact on our kids. The average kid in America sees anywhere from 13,000 to 30,000 commercials on TV each year, according to the American Academy of Paediatrics, and that’s not even counting YouTube ads, the posters at the bus stop and everything else.

That’s why Gillette’s take makes sense from a marketing perspective and a social one. “As a company that encourages men to be their best, we have a responsibility to make sure we are promoting positive, attainable, inclusive and healthy versions of what it means to be a man,” the company states.

What does that mean?

It means taking a stance against homophobia, bullying and sexual harassment and that harmful, catch-all-phrase that gives too many young men a pass to engage in behavior that hurts others and themselves: “Boys will be boys.”

Gillette states that “by holding each other accountable, eliminating excuses for bad behavior, and supporting a new generation working toward their personal ‘best,’ we can help create positive change that will matter for years to come.”

Of course, it’s not enough for razor marketers to do this. Boys need support from parents, teachers, coaches and peers to be resilient to the pressures of toxic masculinity.

When this happens, when boys are taught that strength doesn’t mean overpowering others and that they can be successful while still being compassionate, the APA says we will “reduce the high rates of problems boys and men face and act out in their lives such as aggression, violence, substance abuse, and suicide.”

This is a conversation worth having and 2019 is the year to do it.