{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Ten Thousand Things","title":"Are the blokes ok?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3720,"description":"This week we listened to a Mamamia podcast where Mia Freedman interviews Caitlin Moran on her latest book \"What about men?\" and discuss our thoughts.\nWe acknowledge we are all victims of the patriarchy, but what tools do men have to help dismantle it? Why don't they identify with feminism and why are the gravitating towards extreme figures?\nAli explains why feminism has been helpful in plight of women, however men are not identifying with these strategies. Why can't men post photos of themselves and not be ridiculed?\nJoe felt the interview was a little condescending. He asks if young boys have no lived experience of seeing women so openly objectified as they historically were, why are they feeling like somehow they are still responsible for it? We discuss how we can help the young men in our lives navigating these challenges.\nSam explores how the discourse analysis has been one sided and produced reactionary politics to feminism and how the facts of how men are negatively effected by the patriarchy is getting lost in the conversation.\nWe also discuss what men today can do to portray positive masculine role models for young men.\nWe appreciate your feedback, if you want to reach out you can find us on instagram and threads @thetenthousandthingspodcast\nFind the interview here https://pod.link/995159486/episode/6573549cf512e72c5f770439a827702a\nPublisher's page for What about men? by Caitlin Moran https://www.penguin.com.au/books/what-about-men-9781529149159\nA decent article on patriarchy, men and masculinities - https://counseling.vcu.edu/students/identity-based-resources/men-and-masculinities/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2JAtfDhLe02gUO4tZQPGVO8knrF2fc46Ed_F40DCEtk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNzU5LzE2OTEw/MjExMTItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}