18. Toxic Masculinity
How, and why, does masculinity turn toxic? What does it actually mean to be a man?
How, and why, does masculinity turn toxic? What does it actually mean to be a man? What's the deal with big bushy beards? Join Mae, Bisha, Ned and Steve as they wrap their interesting heads around all this. This week, Mae tries to define toxic masculinity, Bisha investigates where cliché machismo intersects with mental health and Ned's been thinking about sex robots. Journalist and man Mic Wright joins the gang in the studio and Steve Ali puts everything into perspective.
Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4.
Produced by Al Riddell
Music by Mark Hodge and Omahrose, produced by Nick Sheldon.
Featured in this episode:
Woman's Hour (31/08/2017)
The Long View 01/08/2017)
The Male Room (12/12/2016)
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Woman's Hour: No More Boys and Girls
No More Boys and Girls, Dr Javid Abdelmoneim asks can our kids go gender free?
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The Long View
Jonathan Freedland takes the long, unshaven view of the recent fashion for beard-wearing.
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The Angry Edition
Olly Mann and guests explore anger - repressed and explicit.
Five secrets to doing well in GrownUpLand
Here are a handful of top takeaways to help us all survive in GrownUpLand.
The Guilty Feminist
Deborah Frances-White and guests discuss topics “all 21st century feminists agree on”.
Your GrownUpLand Guides
Heidi Regan, Sophie Duker, Ned Sedgwick and Steve Ali are your guides to GrownUpLand.
Life Lessons
Young UK talk about the issues that matter most to them
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GrownUpLand
If GrownUpLand is a place, then we got a bit lost along the way.
