Time for another Deep Dive, everyone! 🌊
Deep Dives are member-led, one-hour discussions on wide-ranging topics — but always linked in some way to masculinities, gender equity, mental wellness, and/or healthy relationships.
Bring your coffee and settle in for a great conversation. Or, if you've got a busy day, you're welcome to join from your phone while on the go!
This time, we're talking about sex and relationships.
For men who want to date, sex is an important aspect of dating for some and less so for others. Whether addressed together or separately, sex and dating are two topics that are the subjects of copious information, norms, and advice (of varying quality), particularly relating to masculinity and gender roles. This discussion provides an opportunity to reflect on what people heard about sex and relationships in the past, how these teachings shaped people's views of masculinity, and how people’s views have changed in the years since.
Some of the questions we are keen to explore:
What were the messages we received about dating, sex, and relationships when we were growing up?
Who/what/where did we learn these messages from?
How were the messages we learned different based on gender?
Which messages most impacted us? How?
Were some of the messages more positive/helpful/healthy than others? Which ones and why?
Were some of the messages more harmful than others? Which of these messages were easier to reject? Which of these were harder to unlearn?
What do we wish we could have learned about dating, sex, and relationships instead (or in addition to) what we learned growing up?
How did we eventually learn these lessons? (Or have we? Are we still learning?)
What might have been some effective or helpful ways to learn these lessons?
And we'll go from there!
Hope to see you there on Sunday March 24 at 10 am PT / 11 am MT / 1 pm ET 🙌
Access to Deep Dives events and our private online community, Inner Circle, are available to Next Gen Menbers only!
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