Daily Archives: April 23, 2019

Mediating Masculinities: Can Media Help Disrupt Harmful Masculinities

Join the Gender and Sexuality Center on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 at 5:30pm in the Multicultural Engagement Center (SAC 1.102) for a fishbowl discussion on how we process different forms of media in our understanding of what it means to be “masculine.” This discussion will center the experiences participants have in the representations of masculinity that they have identified with or rejected throughout their lifetime. Ultimately, we hope to explore the question as to whether or not media representations of masculinities can help disrupt the harmful behaviors and practices attributed to very rigid forms of masculinity.
The discussion will be organized in a “fishbowl” format. A fishbowl discussion allows participants the opportunity to reside inside the “fishbowl” to share their experiences, stories, opinions, and questions. Participants will also have the opportunity to sit outside the “fishbowl” to listen to and observe others as they discuss what masculinity means to them. The conversation will be facilitated by Melissa Vera (Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies) and Javier Rivera (Graduate Assistant – Gender and Sexuality Center & Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies).