I would start at home and increase dad’s involvement with your son (meaning you also need to step back a bit yourself). The more love & fun experiences your son will have with the most important male in his life, the more this will impact his the contact he’ll have with other males.

Hopefully it was something he has now grown out of. Really hoping there wasn’t some sinister reason for his dislike

hope this issue resolved itself by now but also there might be an underlying issue as to why so make sure you find out ok

hopefully it’s just a stage and he will grow out of it.

you may just have to engage him with men more.

there are some good comments here

Interesting. Has he had a bad experience with a male before?

How is he going now?

Try encouraging dad to take a more active role in play time…?

maybe provide some time (with you there) where the males are involved in fun things. maybe go to the zoo and let hubby push the stroller and grandpa buy him an ice-cream

Have you had any luck with the suggestions below?

how did it go?

Might be just a phase that he will grow out of

Did you son end up liking males?

I hope its just a phase for you good luck

Hopefully he will just grow out of this. Don’t force him into anything because it will most likely make his phobia worse

organise some time with the older males in his life to support the relationship building

He may just need to feel safe and the centre of attention, not something men usually do for little kids, don’t be afraid to resort to good old fashioned bribery either! My son loves his dad and any attention he gets from him, but he’s definitely the ‘good cop’ while I’m the bad, not the best situation but it works I suppose. I’d be having a chat with your GP just to make sure there is nothing more complex going on.

I hope you have found some suggestions here that you feel comfortable experimenting with,

Maybe because he might be around females more than males, maybe get the father to take him out on a weekend and let it just be him and dad and he might enjoy it.