Category: Gender Expectations
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The Myths of Gender ~ interview with Ruthann Amarteifio, Feed Your Head
Ruthann and I discuss ‘The Myths of Gender’—how these myths have affected me personally, how they show up in our world today, and how people are rising above the confusion.
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Is Ending the War Between the Sexes Too Boring?
I’d like to talk about the myths of gender and how we’re not yet ready to end the war between the sexes. Joseph Campbell calls myth, “an expression of the human imagination… reflecting the influences of a specific social environment.” The myths in the case of gender is just that. A set of imagined roles that…
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Why I’m not a ‘Real Man’ and Don’t Want to Be
We all have the right to develop in any way we like, outside of gender standards from yesterday or today or tomorrow. Do you enjoy being told, “Since you are a woman (or man) you’re supposed to be (or do)…” For many years now, I’ve been trying to makes sense of the expectations thrown on…