this is so close to and yet so far away from my brand. yes, men need space to embrace their feelings, and, many will *never* agree to do it in this feminized way there's already way too much messaging out there that says men are only good insofar as they give up masculinityhttps://twitter.com/jelenajansson/status/1203465908582256648 …
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one of my biggest moments of emotional expression this year happened at a masculinity workshop during an exercise on accessing warrior energy - i was supposed to get a staff member to back off by saying "back off" and meaning it. i found that i couldn't. it felt wrong to yell
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what i did instead was roar "I WILL NEVER TREAT ANYONE THE WAY MY FATHER TREATED ME. I WILL BE A BETTER MAN THAN MY FATHER AT ALL COSTS." then i burst into tears the workshop lead said "take a knee, gentlemen." and everyone else - staff, participants - knelt around me
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that was one of the most sacred moments of my life. that lead understood what kind of support was appropriate for a room full of men to give a man crying about his father. it was not "cozy, fluffy & warm." there were no face masks. they witnessed and respected me *as men*
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