Assignment task:
First, complete required readings and watch the two TED Talk videos.
Breaking the Boys Code of Masculinity
Beyond the Gender Binary
Next, address the following:
1. How have issues regarding manhood and masculinity been idealized and learned in Western culture, and why is it important to deconstruct and dismantle the common conceptions of what it means to be a man?
2. How can hegemonic masculinity actually be detrimental to men's health?
3. In what ways can a social worker help produce a climate of partnership between all human beings to deconstruct the insidious consequences of masculine-dominated social structures?