Episode 79 - Revisiting Vulnerability in Male/Female Relationships

We are throwing it back to a 3-part series we originally recorded at the beginning of season 1, revisiting the conversation, woven into this season about individual and relationship growth. This is part 2 of the 3 episodes. There’s a lot of discussion about relationships and vulnerability, but it seems that men have a bit of a bad rap in this particular arena. But what does culture AND the women in their lives have to do with it? Let’s chat about whether or not we want men to even BE vulnerable, and if so, how do we encourage it?SHOW NOTES:Brene Brown’s TEDx talk about shame:https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/emasculationhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/violence-against-women_b_1959746https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFeminists/comments/18slkug/thoughts_on_the_word_emasculate/https://onbeing.org/blog/jonathan-p-higgins-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-man/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/13/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-man-reader-responses#:~:text=I%20can%20cook%2C%20clean%2C%20buy,more%20open%20and%20fulfilling%20fashionhttps://www.themix.org.uk/your-body/mens-health/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-man-in-2018-29605.html#:~:text=It%20means%20not%20being%20afraid,and%20uplifting%20those%20around%20you.%E2%80%9Dhttps://www.utdailybeacon.com/opinion/columns/making-of-man-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-man/article_1a9f5836-2068-11ec-abd1-f3615d73f13d.htmlhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol45/iss3/1/#:~:text=Most%20Mormons%20have%20heard%20of,from%20the%20effects%20of%20exposurehttps://brycox.com/lds/BryCox-SweetwaterRescue.pdfhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3783&context=byusqFollow us on Instagram: @blackandwhiteandgold @wildravenbreathwork @greatsexforgoodguysThis Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Black and White and Gold at blackandwhiteandgold.substack.com/subscribe