In this episode, we will launch the first of three conversations on masculinities with Dr. Suzanne Ashworth. We will discuss why masculinities should be understood as plural even though our culture seems to ignore all but the most dominant and idealized version of it. We will also discuss boyhood and the ways in which mainstream culture begins to ‘boy’ our boys in the direction of emotional indifference and cruelty. Throughout the three-part series, we will constantly return to the questions: what does masculinity feel? And what more might masculinity feel?
SHOW NOTES
The following texts were cited in this episode:
Masculinities (R.W. Connell): https://www.ucpress.edu/books/masculinities/paper
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Michael Kimmel): https://www.amazon.com/Guyland-Perilous-World-Where-Become/dp/0060831359
Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection (Niobe Way): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674072428
Perverse Feelings: Poe and American Masculinity (Suzanne Ashworth): https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/perverse-feelings-9781978798533/
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In this episode, we will launch the first of three conversations on masculinities with Dr. Suzanne Ashworth. We will discuss why masculinities should be understood as plural even though our culture seems to ignore all but the most dominant and idealized version of it. We will also discuss boyhood and the ways in which mainstream culture begins to ‘boy’ our boys in the direction of emotional indifference and cruelty. Throughout the three-part series, we will constantly return to the questions: what does masculinity feel? And what more might masculinity feel?
SHOW NOTES
The following texts were cited in this episode:
Masculinities (R.W. Connell): https://www.ucpress.edu/books/masculinities/paper
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Michael Kimmel): https://www.amazon.com/Guyland-Perilous-World-Where-Become/dp/0060831359
Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection (Niobe Way): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674072428
Perverse Feelings: Poe and American Masculinity (Suzanne Ashworth): https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/perverse-feelings-9781978798533/
In this week’s episode, we will approach patriarchy as a social system that overvalues maleness and masculinity at the same time it devalues femaleness and femininity. We will talk about the ‘logics’ of patriarchy that not only attempt to justify the system as inevitable and good but also encourage men to fear the judgment and reprisal of other men. In the last part of the episode, we will consider a handful of examples from the 2024 Presidential campaign that demonstrate the ways in which men police the masculinity of other men to defend patriarchal power.
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In this episode, we will launch the first of three conversations on masculinities with Dr. Suzanne Ashworth. We will discuss why masculinities should be understood as plural even though our culture seems to ignore all but the most dominant and idealized version of it. We will also discuss boyhood and the ways in which mainstream culture begins to ‘boy’ our boys in the direction of emotional indifference and cruelty. Throughout the three-part series, we will constantly return to the questions: what does masculinity feel? And what more might masculinity feel?
SHOW NOTES
The following texts were cited in this episode:
Masculinities (R.W. Connell): https://www.ucpress.edu/books/masculinities/paper
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Michael Kimmel): https://www.amazon.com/Guyland-Perilous-World-Where-Become/dp/0060831359
Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection (Niobe Way): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674072428
Perverse Feelings: Poe and American Masculinity (Suzanne Ashworth): https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/perverse-feelings-9781978798533/
