About the show: Dave Pickering takes us on a personal journey through gender as he tries to explain masculinity both to you and to himself. Part true storytelling, part TED talk and part apology, the show looks at how the patriarchy hurts men too; how the patriarchy has hurt him, and how he has hurt people because of patriarchy. Drawing on an anonymous survey of 1000 men, feminist theory, internet memes and his life experience, Dave will explain the conclusions he Read More ...
Introduction to the survey I don’t think this survey is representative of all men. To a certain extent, it’s a survey of feminist-leaning men. The initial respondents came generally from that POV, and as the survey grew, it was mostly shared by feminists. That said, it does represent many other viewpoints. For example, there were a few hundred in a row where it was mostly being filled in by Men’s Rights Activists. But whatever their starting point, the men filling in the survey had Read More ...
On Wednesdays I share articles and other links that I’ve come across over the last week, which touch on issues that crossover with the #ManSurvey.
(If these aren’t enough links for for you here are the previous posts including the Further Reading List for the show.)
Please be aware of a general content note: some of these links touch on sexual assault, rape, war, prejudice, suicide, violence and other aspects of patriarchy:
The hypocrisy of Jaden Smith’s critics by Stephanie Farnsworth on The Queerness
Jaden Smith’s Louis Vuitton ad & gender norms by Janet Mock on So POPular!
fashion victims: in the fitting rooms with trans femmes by Sean Faye on Dazed
How to deal with the New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Cologne and Hamburg by Musa Okwonga in The New Statesman
Bill Cosby and His Enablers by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic
David Bowie: Time to Mourn of Call Out? by Aida Manduley on her website
On Thursday 18th February at The Dogstar in Brixton I’ll be performing the live show as a double bill with Njambi McGrath at Stand Up Tragedy Presents
Guest blog posts and analysis of the survey are still very welcome. And please do get in touch if you use the #ManSurvey as research, as reference, as teaching material or in any other way, I am really happy to signal boost and link to what you are doing.