👆👆We’ve got a problem today👆👆
Masculine development is in flux. The old story of male development doesn’t work anymore. It never truly worked because it relied on diminishing women. Now women are claiming their space, rightfully so. They’ve spent decades creating support groups, professional development organizations and improving educational access for girls. The hard work paid off. Girls have a 62% graduation at public colleges currently. Women earned 53% of advanced degrees in 2018.
One healthy way forward is to acknowledge that women have encouraged men to reflect on their stories and journeys and create new paths. This road involves exploring taboos that men have traditionally ignored and dismissed. We live in a world that is essentially alienated from its heart. We are still pillaging and killing our home, the earth. I would call the earth, the divine feminine or our collective Heart.
Here’s what’s possible if we start to create spaces for boys to have feelings, explore them naturally and own them.
*Women would get men who hear them and acknowledge them.
*Women get men that are both in their ferocious masculine while also connecting to their tender feminine to allow for a profound depth of love
*Men get to have deep relationships with each other that involve more than sports and work.
*Men feel safe around other men vs. now where men are easily threatened by each other.
*Men would be available for their children.
*The Homophobia that is deeply woven into the consciousness of masculine identity is replaced with a comfort with a variety of emotional and sexual expressions that are all valid expressions of masculine identity
*Powerful male leaders would invest in environmental stewardship because their worth is more than just their job title and income levels.
*And so much more
I want women to feel safe with men. I want men to have the capacity to relate with warmth towards each other. This is possible when we touch boys to remain heart centered and create spaces for men to heal.