Everywhere, people are beginning to question masculine notions of control, aggression and black-and-white thinking - and instead are favoring more empathetic, nurturing and collaborative approaches.
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I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture - particularly in black male culture - and to help people to see that there's room enough for everyone.
Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.
As I see it, my focus has never been on masculine power rampant and triumphant but rather on the antithesis: masculine power impaired.
Masculinity is what you believe it to be. I think masculinity and femininity is something that's very old-fashioned. There's a whole new generation of people who aren't defined by their sex or race or who they like to sleep with.
For me, there's nothing more masculine than when I'm completely in control of my body and can call upon my body to do whatever I want it to do.
You'd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety.
I'm very empathic to the construction of masculinity within our culture and how we build these identities up.
The mentality of how we treat one another needs to be examined - especially how we treat our men of color.
Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.
I always try to bring a certain masculine presence to what I do. That is part of the dynamic.
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