Big boys don’t cry. It’s written in the Boy Code. Be a man — strong, independent. It isn’t cool to excel in school. And dude, don’t get all emo. The Boy Code keeps a lid on emotions. Just ask girls.

Ophelia has been revived, all right. In fact, a decade after the girls- empowerment movement took hold and the best-selling book "Reviving Ophelia" became a rallying cry for feminists, an array of ...