Recently the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation celebrated a week of woman with ‘March Forward - Allies In Action’ as a part of International Women’s Day. The Behind The Mask podcast was invited to take the show on the road for a special bonus episode at their home base, the ‘Mission, Whitten Oval’. In this episode Josh was joined by Western Bulldogs senior coaches Tamara Hyatt, Luke Beveridge, and for the first time a studio audience. to go behind the mask of gender equity and allyship from men, in our beloved game of footy.

In this episode we discuss:

-Leading as coaches with authenticity and vulnerability.

-The recent sexist comments Marty Sheargold made on Triple M.

-How to positively elevate AFLW by looking at what soccer has done.

-Whether the AFLW has expanded too quickly.

-Toxic Masculinity vs An ‘Evolved’ Man.

-The conversations men and women aren’t having.

-The disconnect between the men and women’s games based on the 2024 AFLPA “Insights & Impact” report.

-Men’s suicide and mental health issues.

-There mental health strategies.

-Why Bevo questioned his coaching mortality.

-How grass roots men’s and women’s teams can create more connection.

-The male advocates they’d like to see in the women’s game.

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