If you were to pay attention to the news — or trending topics on social media — you could be forgiven for thinking that manhood and masculinity is in retreat. After all, various conservative influencers, pundits and politicians have been banging the gong to warn people about the impending crisis of manhood. On Thursday, November…
what does it mean to be a man?
Am I Masculine Enough To Be A “Real” Man?
Hi Doc, I guess I have questions… or maybe thoughts? It’s complicated. I’m a cis gay man. I think? I think that’s a part of it. I wish I was more masculine. I feel like my life would have been a lot easier if I had been… that it would be easier in the future…
Dying To Be A Man
It’s said that times of crisis and trouble are what reveal someone’s true character. That we are most authentically ourselves in the times when we are tested, our support is ripped away and we are forced to confront hardship in ways we never do otherwise. It is in those minutes that we see the truth…
Episode #119 – What Does A Real Man Look Like?
Men feel immense pressure to look a particular way and they’re breaking themselves, physically and psychically to try to get to reach those ideals. As bodies are marketed to us as products and men are sold self-loathing, we have to ask: what does a REAL man look like? SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: How male celebrities are getting…
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Episode #99 – Let’s Talk About Toxic Femininity
One of the subjects I come back to fairly often is the idea of toxic masculinity. It’s something that I personally feel is important to talk about because of how much it directly affects men and makes our lives that much harder and that much worse. However, whenever we talk about masculinity in any form,…
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Episode #72 – What Does Positive Masculinity Look Like?
Toxic masculinity doesn’t mean that that being a man is toxic, bad or even undesirable. At the same time non-toxic or positive masculinity doesn’t mean apologizing for being a man or trying to be as gender neutral as possible. While toxic masculinity refers to behaviors and beliefs about manhood and masculinity that are lauded as positive and…
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