Undefining Masculinity: How to Break Free from Gender Stereotypes - Justin Baldoni

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

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🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Society has a very warped view of what it means to be ‘masculine’. It’s a toxic stereotype that leaves so many boys and men disconnected from their emotions and unable to be vulnerable. “You throw like a girl”, “Big boys don’t cry”, “You should man up”. These messages reinforce the damaging idea that showing anything but strength, courage and toughness somehow makes you less of a man. In this short episode, the author of the book 'Man Enough' Justin Baldoni is here to set that right. Listen out for: - The unwritten rules of ‘The Men’s Club’. - How to break free from gender stereotypes. - What it means to be “man enough”. ABOUT JUSTIN BALDONI Justin Baldoni is an actor, director, producer, entrepreneur, and changemaker whose efforts are focused on creating impactful media and entertainment. He is the creator and director of CW’s 'My Last Days,' an uplifting documentary series about life as told by courageous people living with a terminal illness, and of 'Man Enough,' the dinner conversation series about redefining masculinity. Bonus: - Listen to Vishen’s full episode with Justin Baldoni here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/MV350spotify - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The ideal way to be a man is to be a human.
0:03.2	It's not to reject all of the things that we deem feminine in society.
0:07.6	I am Vision Laciani, founder of Mind Dali, the School for Human Transformation.
0:12.0	You're listening to the Mind Dali podcast, where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers
0:15.8	and thought leaders on the planet.
0:17.9	To discuss the world's most powerful ideas in personal growth for mind, body, spirit and work.
0:24.7	So let's talk about this unwritten rules of the Man Club.
0:30.1	Tell us about that.
0:31.5	You know, it's funny. The difference between I think the Man Club and Fight Club is
0:36.8	Fight Club is something you actually choose to enter. You know, you kind of
0:41.4	sign this unspoken contract for the Fight Club, right? You choose to go in.
0:47.6	You choose to go down to the basement. You choose to have those fights, right?
0:51.2	The Man Club, masculinity, if you will, it's like one of those subscription services you never
0:56.8	subscribed to. You just start getting those phone calls and those emails all the time.
1:02.4	And you're like, how do I get rid of this except we've been doing that our whole lives?
1:05.9	It starts with early, early programming for every boy and honestly, girl.
1:14.0	You think about it like scripts that have been passed down from generation to generation.
1:19.7	What I talk about in my TED talk was I learned basketball that you from my father,
1:25.6	who learned it from his father, who learned it from his. So it's all of the things that happen
1:30.8	in our everyday life that dictate our actions and our thoughts. It's all the things that lead
1:36.0	us suffering, specifically as men. The idea that as men, we have to be accepted, to be viewed,
1:42.5	to be seen as a man. And what I realize is this club is a non-existent fictional club that
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