Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy have changed. We think you'll like them better this way.

Dr. Mother Love & Cool TLC on RICO Charge "Are Men Getting Too Soft emotionally?

  • Broadcast in Entertainment
The Mother Love Show

The Mother Love Show

×  

Follow This Show

If you liked this show, you should follow The Mother Love Show.
h:1032575
s:12259727
archived

1) Get 'Em DA Fani Willis in GA! Happy to observe her as she pulled the trigger on this awful stain in American Politics The 45th POTUS was Indited AGAIN on RICO Charges along with 18 others. Some names we know most we don't & we will know.

2) A battle over the face of American masculinity is underway. Popular music, action movies, video games, gun violence "Push for a more aggressive model. Such conceptions, though, leave no room for vulnerability, said Mark Greene, founder of Remaking Manhood, a consultancy that works with organizations to help improve men's professional relationships.

"If a boy expresses too much emotion or too much need for connection, is too giddy, is too joyful, what we say to that boy is, 'What are you, a sissy? What are you, a girl? What are you, gay?" Greene said. "It's your job to dominate those around you, or you will lose status, and that will increase the number of individuals above you who can dish out dominance to you. And what we find is that in that system, in that structure, men are constantly in competition with each other and constantly driven by this sense of anxiety." What role do women play in emasculating men if any? 

Niobe Way, a professor of developmental psychology at New York University and the author of "Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of Connection," said many boys are raised with what she called "the cowboy mentality - 'I can do it myself, I don't need others, often perpetuated by "The father wanting the son to man up and not be so soft.  The whole model of getting help is part of so-called femininity." As a result, she said, "Women end up being the therapist for their husband, and more are getting sick of it. "Some men are looking for alternatives, some are finding them in fellowship organizations like EvryMan, the ManKind Project, and the Journeymen.

Facebook comments

Available when logged-in to Facebook and if Targeting Cookies are enabled