Masculinity can feel like a very narrow space to operate in for most men.
Expected to be protectors, providers, leaders, men often struggle to define a more broad range of feelings and behaviors.
This week's co-host of the Mindful Masculinity podcast, men's coach
, calls this undefined area "the liminal space," where men have to navigate between the rocky shoals of what society tells them to be, and perhaps conflicted feelings about being someone else.These negotiations, inside a man’s thoughts and externally with the people they encounter day to day, aren't always successful.
Damon and I try to define what those behaviors and thoughts look like, and pull in some external examples, like actor Anthony Mackie, and his recent comments about masculinity in America, to frame their discussion.
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