How can we shift traditional masculinity? 1/5 (1) Highlight its harms. The price of blind conformity to masculinity. Sensitise public health, welfare, & service provision to its harms. But also acknowledge male privilege. ‘The Man Box’ report, pp. 50-53 https://jss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Man-Box-A-study-on-being-a-young-man-in-Australia.pdf

How can we shift traditional masculinity? 2/5 (2) Weaken its cultural grip. Highlight the gap between masculine social norms and men’s own ideals. Turn up the volume on diversity and change among men. ‘The Man Box’ report, pp. 50-53 https://jss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Man-Box-A-study-on-being-a-young-man-in-Australia.pdf

How can we shift traditional masculinity? 3/5 (2) Weaken its cultural grip (continued). Engage men and boys in critical conversations about manhood. Challenge the sources of the Man Box. ‘The Man Box’ report, pp. 50-53 https://jss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Man-Box-A-study-on-being-a-young-man-in-Australia.pdf

How can we shift traditional masculinity? 4/5 (3) Promote alternatives to the Man Box among boys and men. Boys and men cannot be what they cannot see. Promote healthy masculinity. And/or equitable and ethical ways of being. Report, pp. 50-53 https://jss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Man-Box-A-study-on-being-a-young-man-in-Australia.pdf

How can we shift traditional masculinity? 5/5 (3) Promote alternatives (continued). Whatever vision we have for men and boys, it must be a) feminist – based on equality, b) diverse and multiple, and c) non-essentialist. Report, pp. 50-53 https://jss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Man-Box-A-study-on-being-a-young-man-in-Australia.pdf