MAN-UP-gender-presentation
- 1. MAN UP Ryan Christopher Fehr
- 2. Essential Question Slide • Who says I am not manly? • Why can they say that? • What is normal?
- 3. Define man Scientific definition Classical definition
- 4. Define Gender The common idea & The Spack approach
- 6. America’s affect on the man • How we teach man hood • Fathering a young man • Being confined to a man box Man Box Do not cry openly or express emotions With the exception of anger Do not express weakness or fear Demonstrate power and control especially over women Do not be “like a woman” Do not be “a gay man” Heterosexual Tough/Athletic/Strength/Courage Views women as property/objects
- 7. Results of the affect • Falling behind in education – 2/3 of special education is made up of men • Becoming isolationist – Men are spending more time alone Disability Gender (%) Male Female MR 58.5 41.5 S/L 62.7 37.3 EBD 80.6 19.4 OHI 72.7 27.3 SLD 72.7 27.3 MD 70.6 29.4 Austism 84.7 15.3
- 8. Isolation • Becoming isolationist – Men are spending more time alone – 10,000 hours are spent by kids playing video games, this about 417 days
- 9. Two worlds • Constant search for arousal • Meshing of multiple worlds – Finding it hard to draw the lines between reality and make believe
- 10. "Man is a complex being who makes deserts bloom and lakes die" - G. B. Stern • Behavior – The question is always why? • Hormones – Fundamentally complex • Influences – The good and the bad
- 11. You are who you are • Step out of your closet • Don’t be afraid to be yourself • Put it all on the table • Leave no regrets
- 12. Why you need to be yourself • Standing up for what you believe in • Find your identity • With an identity you gain a since of self and purpose
- 13. Become a leader • Lead by example • Hold your friends accountable • Change the social norms
- 14. Expressing yourself • Claiming your “Manspace” • The stereotype • Breaking the mold
- 17. Why does it continue? • America inadvertently teaches men a poor set of values • Men are seeking to be America’s man
- 18. Conclusion • Men are battling against themselves • Other men push each other in directions that neither wants to go in • Ultimately someone must decide to break the cycle of fathering and peer pressure
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- 20. Link to Presentation Slide