How do you see those terms?

Yeah, I've been really influenced by some of the sociologists who have focused on gender.

And there's this idea by R.W. Connell about hegemonic masculinity.

And that tends to be the model of masculinity that can dominate in particular cultures.

So there's no doubt that over the last number of decades, there has been a particular version of masculinity that has been really presented to men and young men, boys coming through that can at times be problematic, but it's one version of masculinity and there are other masculinities vying for attention.

that are there but maybe receive less of the spotlight so yes that was the key point really with that first article exploring other masculinities caring masculinities that allow men to take that role as a caregiver and i'm really committed to this idea about broadening our understanding about what masculinities are about

like this discussion and the jobs that you do and the work that you do yeah

great so the next p if we talk about that idea of well-being the protector I think men are great at being champions, champions of others, champions of their community, champions of their club, if they're involved in sport.

First

of all, I would encourage listeners to ask themselves that question, am I in get mode, threat mode, or reset mode? And I think people will recognize that often the answer isn't reset, right? It tends to be get or thread.

And I think that's informative because it's highlighting that, well, maybe we do need to do a little more around accessing reset.

And to go back to the tree analogy, in spring and summer trees get really busy photosynthesizing, making the fuel they need.

They are absolutely in get mode.

And trees also have threat mode in storms.

They need to invest energy in having that transformation of the wind into elasticity so that they can bend without breaking.

So how do we do that? Ross says there are many ways, but one of the quickest is to tap into what psychologists call self-transcendent emotions, feelings that pull us out of our mental ruts and help direct our attention beyond ourselves.