One thing we’ve often reflected on is how many of our podcast conversations feature women’s voices. This time, we wanted to change that.
So we invited three men, Mike Nicholson, Matt Smith, and James Yates, to share both their personal and professional insight, for our first-ever all-male panel to explore masculinity.
From our perspective, this was an important and overdue conversation. We talked about:
* Why it’s so difficult to get men to take part in these spaces
* The value of safe spaces and role models for boys and young men
* How performative masculinity affects mental health and relationships
* What happens when vulnerability is seen as mastery instead of weakness
* How pornography is shaping young people’s views of sex and masculinity
* Parenting stereotypes that still give boys more freedom than girls
* And even how The Lord of the Rings offers surprising lessons about masculinity!
It was open, honest, and at times raw, but exactly the kind of conversation we believe is needed.
