EP82: Cleo Stiller on Modern Manhood and Examining Gender Dynamics Post #Metoo

Cleo Stiller is a multiple award-winning journalist who is a self-identified "relationship non-expert." She is obsessed with exploring stories about health, gender, and technology among millenials. She recently authored the book "Modern Manhood: Complications Conversations on Being a Good Man Today."

What She Shares:

• Writing a book on manhood as a woman
• Untangling socialized gender
• The process of interviewing men anonymously post #metoo on how they really feel

What You'll Hear:

• Bringing conversations around sexuality and consent out into the open
• Making room for nuance in complicated topics
• Understanding that we all are learning about sex and boundaries together due to a lack of foundational education
• Finding true learning within the grey areas
• The societal reasons why men feel isolated
• Undoing the toxic binary that holds both men and women back
• Creating authentic space for men to get in touch with their emotions
• How vocabulary changes can allow men to participate in emotional work
• Examining the cultural and physiological differences between genders
• The Appeal to Nature Fallacy
• Expanding our interactions beyond gender expectations
• Learning how to be really clear with your expectations and desires
• Why gender equality does not exist
• Being ok with your own needs and dynamics
• Valuing men for their own capacities
• Mindfully raising boys
• Getting more of what we want in relationship through explicit communication