Modern Dating: Consent, Boundaries, and Respect

The Man Enough Podcast

Wayfarer Studios LLC

Education, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Join Liz and Jamey as they dive deep into the complexities of consent, boundaries, and the often tumultuous landscape of modern dating. With vulnerability and honesty, Liz shares her most harrowing dating stories, shining a light on the lack of boundaries and consent many women face when dating. They fearlessly explore topics such as abuse, assault, coping mechanisms, and the harm of labeling all men as abusers. By emphasizing increased communication between men and women, Liz and Jamey offer a hopeful path toward healing, understanding, and mutual empowerment. TW: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Consent Sign up for the Man Enough newsletter to get full video episodes and positive masculinity news every Monday: http://manenough.com/newsletter The Man Enough Podcast is produced by Wayfarer Studios and presented by Procter and Gamble, in partnership with Cadence13, an Audacy company. Timecodes: 03:09 - Liz's dating story 05:20 - People pleasing can deter consent 10:08 - Normalizing assault as a coping mechanism 14:39 - Dating and entitlement 19:24 - How can women approach issues of consent with more autonomy? 22:21 - Abuse is not black and white 25:37 - Being empowered to respond to abuse 28:40 - Liz reflects on her Man Enough experience thus far 31:21 - Distinguishing hardships between men and women 38:31 - As a society, men's intentions and actions may not align 45:16 - Negative labels help women and hurt men Quotes: "This [abuse] is something that you have had to learn to negotiate and that's wrong." - Jamey Heath “We can't discuss men's hardships the same way we discussed women's oppression." - Liz Plank "Most men would not say they blame women outright, but I'm not interested in men's intentions, I'm looking at Men's actions." - Liz Pank Support Man Enough Man Enough Newsletter: https://manenough.com/newsletter Man Enough book: https://manenough.com/books Boys Will Be Human book: https://boyswillbehuman.com Follow The Hosts Justin Baldoni https://instagram.com/justinbaldoni https://www.tiktok.com/@justinbaldoni https://facebook.com/justinbaldoni https://twitter.com/justinbaldoni Text Justin: +1 (310) 845-6909 Liz Plank https://instagram.com/feministabulous https://tiktok.com/@lizplank https://facebook.com/feministabulous https://twitter.com/feministabulous http://www.elizabethplank.com/ Jamey Heath https://instagram.com/jamey_heath_ https://tiktok.com/@jameyheath https://twitter.com/jamey_heath_ https://facebook.com/jameyjaz http://www.jameyheath.com/ SPECIAL OFFERS Beyond Meat Try the new Beyond Sausage at a retailer near you! Thank you to Beyond Meat for supporting our show! MeUndies Get 25% off your order plus free standard shipping by going to MeUndies.com/manenough #boys #men #masculinity #dating #consent #datingapps #assault #abuse #cancel culture #sex #love #romance #feminism #women #men #labels #boundaries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Before we jump in, I just want to warn you that today's episode contains content and stories that may be alarming to some listeners.
0:07.6	So please check the show notes for more detailed descriptions. Thanks so much.
0:11.8	Coming up on Man Enough.
0:14.0	So I went on a date with this guy.
0:16.0	We started making out and I was like, okay, we're making out like real hard in this bar.
0:20.0	But like, okay, let's just have fun.
0:22.0	Like I definitely wouldn't have like been
0:24.4	that affectionate on a first date but I'm trying to go with it and I think this is
0:28.0	something that women do a lot and maybe men do it too you can tell me you're
0:31.2	uncomfortable and instead of stopping and saying admitting to
0:39.3	yourself and the person hey I'm a little uncomfortable or I don't want to, you know, setting a boundary, you try and
0:47.3	convince yourself that you like it.
0:49.2	That is a very common thing for women and it's something that I'm trying to unlearn of like not
0:54.0	trying to like something so that it makes the other person less uncomfortable.
0:58.2	Being man enough what does that mean?
1:04.0	It's really manly to mess up, admit you're wrong, and then grow.
1:07.8	I couldn't accept that I was evil, so maybe I'm broken, but those broken things could be corrected.
1:13.0	Intimacy between a father and a son is me just wanting to like put my head
1:16.6	in your lap.
1:17.6	I love you son.
1:19.8	You haven't called me a benevolent sexist but my experience is women are better.
1:23.7	Even if it's a positive, it's still not equality.
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