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. Also links to things that talk about how masculinity intersects with gender reflect the focus of some of the show, and should never be taken to imply that trans women are men.
If I have to have this conversation one more time, I swear to god… by Sarah Jackson on Medium
The White Knight Delusion by Abi Wilkinson in The Baffler
The Police Have Their Own Crimes to Answer For by Shane Thomas on Media Diversified
We know domestic abuse of men is a problem. The real question is, what do we do about it? by Ally Fogg on his blog
This Is What Domestic Violence Is Like When You’re LGBT by Patrick Strudwick on Buzzfeed
Ugly Gays: A Playground of Bodily Categorisation by China Dethcrash on Hiskind
Freedom of speech is no longer about ‘rights’, it’s about power by Jonathan Boniface on The Queerness
Will Matrix film-makers coming out as women turn off men’s rights activists? by Noah Berlatsky in The Guardian
Transgender Kids Allowed To Live Openly ‘Have Good Mental Health’ by Naomi Hoogewij on Susan’s Place
How to Be a Girl: Episode 9: School Pt 1 by Marlo Mack (I really recommend listening to all the episodes of the How to Be a Girl podcast)
The Stand Up Tragedy podcast has released some of our 2015 shows that focused on identity. The first episode was Stand Up Tragedy Presents: How To Be Fat. The second episode was Stand Up Tragedy Presents: Howl of the Bantee which is a show that intersects in many ways with my show and is concerned with many of the same issues. The third episode is my show: Stand Up Tragedy Presents: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity.
Also in this week’s episode of the Getting Better Acquainted podcast my guest is Alison Phipps and our conversation covers many of the areas that the show and survey discuss.
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.