Confronting Masculinity - Building a Better Social Construction - 130

In confronting masculinity, Jeff, Allen, and Raj discuss building a better social construction for themselves, particularly by tackling toxic masculinity and male supremacy. They examine their formations as cisgender-straight-males, reveal personal challenges, challenge each other and wonder what could be.

Patriarchy is examined in relationship to male supremacy and toxic masculinity. A definition of toxic masculinity offered in the show is from the good men project. Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy by Melvin Konner M.D is cited as a resource.

The reduction of testosterone in men is mentioned and an acknowledgement that those hurt by male supremacy and toxic masculinity are missing voices in the Confronting Masculinity - Building a Better Social Construction.

 

Conversation on Confronting Masculinity (02:52)

Pursuit of the Trivial Segment (51:17)

RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Conversation on Confronting Masculinity

Episode 151 - Incels and Masculinity in the 21st Century (Ask Science Mike Podcast Episode) Gender and Emotion Expression: A Developmental Contextual Perspective (Article that discusses some of what Allen mentions about boys typically being encouraged to deny their feelings earlier in development than girls) The Good Men Project Incel (Wikipedia Article) Model of masculinity under fascist Italy (Wikipedia Article) Are Young Males Disengaging from Society? – The Case of the the Incredible Disappearing Men – 084 (Irenicast Episode) The Mystery of Declining Testosterone (Article) Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society by Cordelia Fine  (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy by Melvin Konner M.D. (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne by Wilda C. Gafney (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)

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Jeff  is the Director of Discipleship at a United Methodist church on the central coast of California and co-founder of Irenicast.  In addition to getting his B.A. in Theology, he also received his ordination through the prestigious online organization of The Universal Life Church whose alumni include the likes of Conan O’Brien and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.  Jeff loves all things that tell a story: people, movies, tv, music, comics, etc.

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