Om episode
Manhood. It almost feels archaic to write the word, because it’s become so muddled, seeming to have as many definitions and contradictions as there are coffee beverages offered at Starbucks. But manhood has been on all of our minds of late - you know it's true. As the Ukrainian conflict continues to unfold, and we watch (mostly) men leaving their families to fight the Russian invaders, as we ponder trans issues, as we try to sort out just why children who are raised without fathers are so at risk. That's why I think it's worth revisiting a clear map of manhood that has been right in front of us all along. It's one that was first drawn by the ancients, and fleshed out over millennia by various scribes who to the time to think about what it means to be a man, and wrote down their conclusions in the form of legends, novels and films. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://victoriadougherty.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/a-fictionistas-map-of-manhood-from-antiquity-to-james-bond/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victoria-dougherty/support