MAN UP

Ryan Christopher Fehr

Essential Question Slide

• Who says I am not manly?

• Why can they say that?

• What is normal?

Define man

Scientific definition Classical definition

Define Gender

The common idea &

The Spack approach

Video

• http://viewpure.com/hc45-ptHMxo• https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc45-ptHMxo

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 angerDo not express weakness or fearDemonstrate power and control especially over womenDo not be “like a woman”

Do not be “a gay man”Heterosexual

Tough/Athletic/Strength/CourageViews women as property/objects

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 41.5S/L 62.7 37.3EBD 80.6 19.4OHI 72.7 27.3SLD 72.7 27.3MD 70.6 29.4Austism 84.7 15.3

Isolation

• Becoming isolationist– Men are spending more

time alone– 10,000 hours are spent by kids playing video

games, this about 417 days

Two worlds

• Constant search for arousal

• Meshing of multiple worlds– Finding it hard to draw the

lines between reality and make believe

"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

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

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

Become a leader

• Lead by example

• Hold your friends accountable

• Change the social norms

Expressing yourself

• Claiming your “Manspace”

• The stereotype

• Breaking the mold

Why does it continue?

• America inadvertently teaches men a poor set of values

• Men are seeking to be America’s man

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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