EP82: Cleo Stiller on Modern Manhood and Examining Gender Dynamics Post #Metoo

Nov 22, 2019

Cleo Stiller is a multiple award-winning journalist who is a self-identified “relationship non-expert.” She is obsessed with exploring stories about health, gender, and technology among millenials.  She recently authored the book “Modern Manhood: Complications Conversations on Being a Good Man Today.”

 What She Shares:

•     Writing a book on manhood as a woman
•     Untangling socialized gender
•     The process of interviewing men anonymously post #metoo on how they really feel

 

What You’ll Hear:

•     Bringing conversations around sexuality and consent out into the open
•     Making room for nuance in complicated topics
•     Understanding that we all are learning about sex and boundaries together due to a lack of foundational education
•     Finding true learning within the grey areas
•     The societal reasons why men feel isolated
•     Undoing the toxic binary that holds both men and women back
•     Creating authentic space for men to get in touch with their emotions
•     How vocabulary changes can allow men to participate in emotional work
•     Examining the cultural and physiological differences between genders
•     The Appeal to Nature Fallacy
•     Expanding our interactions beyond gender expectations
•     Learning how to be really clear with your expectations and desires
•     Why gender equality does not exist  
•     Being ok with your own needs and dynamics
•     Valuing men for their own capacities
•     Mindfully raising boys
•     Getting more of what we want in relationship through explicit communication