Reimagining Boyhood & Masculinity w/ Ruth Whippman

I had a great chat with Ruth Whippman about masculinity and society.

I had a delightful chat with Ruth Whippman, an author, essayist and cultural critic from London living in the United Sates. She is the author of a few books, but her most recent one, and the topic of our conversation here, is called “Boymom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity”.

In this stimulating episode we discuss masculinity influencers, the role of biological sex in predicting personality, and what “healthy” or “aspirational” masculinity looks like. As Ruth says, “we need to give boys a more expansive, less suffocating story about their own possibilities and place in the world.” And I’m here for it.

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