Choosing Your Manhood, Hormones & Being a Seahorse Dad with Foster McKeon

This week we are fortunate to share a conversation with Foster McKeon, a trans man and seahorse dad who has deep learning and insight into the spaces between gender binaries. We explore how he conceptualized manhood during his transition and the surprising privileges he gained along the way. Then we dive into hormones and how they do – and importantly don't! – affect our behaviors. Finally, we explore the complex and rich experience of being a trans man giving birth (known as 'seahorse dads') and some of the social challenges therein.This episode also contains a deep rumination on male violence against women and how invisible it can be to other men. There are aspects of this work that are mostly or only visible to women, which underscores the importance of believing women and survivors of abuse. I am so grateful to be able to have this deep and insightful conversation with a man who has been on so many sides of the cultural navigation between genders.--Find Foster on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dearellisonlouise/https://www.instagram.com/foster.the.person/--Follow Gentle Man on social media:https://www.instagram.com/gentlemanpodcast/https://www.tiktok.com/@gentlemanpodcastPatreon coming soon!--The track "Radio Right Now" by Felix Laband is used with direct permission from the artist. Find Felix's music here:https://open.spotify.com/artist/3E6Tbv49KoKnCoGqHJHQGx?si=Np0twh5xTv2ah2aBkfJKPw#boys #men #manhood #masculinity #feminism #maleviolence #toxicmasculinity