Episode 13: Healing Toxic Masculinity
EPISODE SUMMARY
What happens when stoicism and the learned behavior of compartmentalizing one's emotions and vulnerability stifle the individual who embodies them?
What type of violence does this create within and externally? This phenomenon is called toxic masculinity — an exalted archetype of what it means “to be a man”, which is reinforced through socialization and conditioning.
What happens when we're shown that to belong we must ascribe to certain standards and norms -- how does this conditioning result in the reinforcement of our own personal cages?
You know, those rigid limiting beliefs and behaviors that contort us into a smaller version of who we are. Which effectively separate us from our multidimensional, emotional, physical, and spiritual self?
Some of the questions explored were:
How do traits of toxic masculinity live within us, regardless of our gender?
How do our institutional structures reinforce these characteristics and behaviors?
What role can we play in dismantling the reinforcement of these traits in our personal lives and the world around us?
As a result of this conversation, Anne-Marie is currently curating a six-week Power Reclamation Immersion on Toxic Masculinity due to launch in January 2022 and is open to all genders.
Registration will open in just a few weeks, so make sure to sign up for her newsletter or follow her on IG if you want to learn more.
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EPISODE NOTES
The Power Reclamation Collective: Join the Power Reclamation Collective- it's free! The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month. For more details and registration, click here
Toxic Masculinity Documentary: The Feminist on Cell Block Y, watch it for free on YouTube here
Join the Power Reclamation Toxic Masculinity six-week Immersion: Join the Power Reclamation Newsletter to receive details upon this program launch!
The Top Ten Toxic Masculinity Traits: Email Anne-Marie to receive the full list
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