Toxic, Tender & Torn

from Days Like These · host J. Malik Asher

The conversation delves into the paradox of vulnerability, the truth about intimacy, the duality of masculinity, and the fear of punishment for feeling. It explores society's conflicting expectations of men and the desire for a hybrid masculinity that embraces both strength and softness.TakeawaysVulnerability as a weaponSociety's conflicting expectations of menThe desire for a hybrid masculinityChapters00:00 The Paradox of Vulnerability

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