Masculinities, Misogyny and Sex Ed for Boys & Young Men with Ben Hurst

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Hannah Witton

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Ben Hurst, who is an activist, educator, and the head of facilitation and training at Beyond Equality. Ben discusses dismantling concepts of masculinity and combating misogyny in his work with boys in schools, starting with his own journey getting into this line of work. He and Hannah talk about the pressure on young boys from their peers to be interested in sex, how he helps them deconstructs messages they might have learned from porn, and the problems with teaching boys that consent is something they should get rather than something for them to give as well. Finally, Ben gives advice on dealing with loved ones who still have misogynistic values, shares tips for teachers leading sex education classes with boys, and Hannah and Ben discuss how to help men understand that misogyny harms men too.

CW: brief mention of suicide

✨MORE ABOUT BEN HURST✨

Ben Hurst (he/him) is an activist, educator, host, presenter, podcaster, model, public speaker and the Head of Facilitation and Training at Beyond Equality (formerly The Good Lad Initiative), a UK based organisation that engages men and boys in the gender equality conversation across Schools, Universities and Corporate spaces, rethinking masculinities and promoting positive personhood and healthy relationships. Ben discusses these topics online, most notably in his TEDx Talk, ‘Boys won’t be boys. Boys will be what we teach them to be’, and in print, with features in Glamour and Stylist magazine, Postscript, Positive News and many more. Ben's work focuses on dismantling the gendered stereotypes that men inhabit and encouraging them to explore their own relationships to masculinity.

Ben is also a freelance DEI consultant and trainer for a bunch of organisations he's not allowed to mention because he signed too many NDA's without reading them first, including but not limited to; UNHCR, Virgin, Sky, Travers Smith and Soho House, and he is the co host of TED x London’s Climate Curious podcast *which is really good* and explores the current climate crisis. Ben’s focus is on making important conversations accessible for young people and adults from all walks of life

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealbenhurst
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbenhurst/
- Beyond Equality: https://www.beyondequality.org/

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0:36.1	Hi everyone.
0:37.2	Welcome back to Doing It, the Sex and Relationships podcast where sex has never been so nerdy with me, your host, Hannah Whitten.
0:44.7	This week, I am joined by the brilliant Ben Hurst.
0:48.3	Ben is an activist, educator, host, presenter, podcaster, model, public speaker and the head of facilitation and training at
0:56.7	Beyond Equality, who are a UK-based organisation that engages men and boys in the gender equality
1:03.7	conversation and they work across schools, universities and corporate spaces. Ben discusses these topics around gender equality online,
1:13.8	most notably his TEDx talk, boys won't be boys, boys will be what we teach them to be,
1:19.1	and in print. And Ben's work focuses on dismantling the gendered stereotypes that men inhabit
1:25.0	and encouraging them to explore their own relationships to masculinity.
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