Hello and welcome back to the Miss Amanda Chen Show. We’re now in Season 2 of the 100 Masked Men series, where I anonymously interview different men from all walks of life about what masculinity means to them, gender expectations and how that affects how they interact with women.
This week I spoke with a man who works in construction, what we'd consider one of the breeding grounds of toxic masculinity.
Masked Man #31 is the Guy Card. This concept comes out from working in a space dominated by traditionally masculine men in physical labour. Although there may be differences in ethnicity, status or otherwise, at least they share the guy card.
What I found the most interesting is how diplomatic guys can be about men acting inappropriately toward women. Like how do you keep it light, keep it friendly, yet also say what is and isn't okay? And the request for women to be more gentle and patient with them as they adjust with the change in power. I don't know man, there's just a bit too many requests for women in my opinion. Let's get into it. I hope you enjoy the show.
The Guy Card concept really makes me question, can I, as a woman, make an impact at all among men? Or can I only rely on other men to pave the way? And if not, can women be more patient with men as they continue to rise in their power? I don't know the answer, but I know that if we don't change anything, nothing's going to get better.
Make sure to subscribe and if you’d like to be on the show or know of someone with a unique perspective, slide into my DMs at missamandachen on Instagram and see you next Wednesday with more episodes of 100 Masked Men.
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