About this episode

Ben Hurst discusses masculinity, education, and societal shifts regarding gender roles.

Join WHISPR - https://ref.wisprflow.ai/christopher-geisler My Top 20 Books Every Man Needs To Read: https://bit.ly/3NnVqNz Ben is an activist, advocate, speaker, host, presenter, facilitator, trainer and model. As the Head of Facilitation and Training at Beyond Equality, he focuses on deconstructing and reconstructing masculinities with men and boys. Ben also works as a freelance Diversity and Inclusion Consultant with a focus on race and gender. His focus is on making important conversations accessible for young people and adults from all walks of life and he is currently working on his first book. Topics / Themes We Explore Identity Crisis Men & Boys - Economic & Cultural Shifts How do we prevent further gender division at young ages. Cultivating more empathy, self-esteem & compassion as a society Did You Know.. In 2023, about 1 in 5 children and young people aged 8 to 25 years had a probable mental disorder. One in four UK males between 19-29 think it’s harder to be a man than a woman. 30% of Gen Z surveyed think it’ll be harder to be a man than a woman in 20 years’ time And of that group, 19% think it’ll be much harder to be a Man ====== BEN HURST ===== IG ▶…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Geisler

Guest: Ben Hurst

Topics covered

• Masculinity
• Education
• Mental Health
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Empathy
• Cultural Shifts

Keywords

• masculinity
• education
• mental health
• diversity
• inclusion
• empathy
• self-esteem
• gender division

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beyond Equality, WHISPR, Men of Earth, TED

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