Macho masculinity
“Why don't we say 'boys will be boys' when a man wins the Nobel Peace Prize?"
In what ways have you, or others, contributed to the idea ‘boys will be boys’?
Correct! Your shared experience is valuable.
Where in popular culture have you seen the body as rhetoric?
ALL MEDIA! Some examples might be television, instagram, billboards, advertisements, mannequins, etc.
Do you have to be a woman to practice feminist therapy?
NO!
"Any counselor who practices feminist therapy or who self-identifies as feminist is a feminist counselor, regardless of gender" (Otting & Proseck, 2016, p. 78).
What does intersectional feminism mean to you?
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What are some ways drama therapy help counselors in training recognize their own biases?
Thank you for your thoughts!
In the Landers article, name at least three philosophers or psychologists he quotes when describing violence in men.
Spinoza, Nietzsche, Freud
Lifton, Staub, Johnson
How is ethical reading described in Manthey's chapter from Oppression and the Body?
"Ethical reading involves suspending judgement about a person's intelligence, personality, income, and other characteristics based on how they look" (p.70).
Name at least 3 components of feminist therapy.
A) The person is political
B) The voices of the marginalized are valued and privileged
C) Patriarchal gender roles are analyzed and challenged on the basis of equitable power distribution
D) Therapy is a process that occurs in and out of counseling sessions with with attention to mutual respect, social change, and empowerment (rather than pathology)
E) The therapeutic relationship is egalitarian in nature, wherein the counselor is aware of the "client-expert" imbalance and takes action to disrupt this inequality
“Many go ‘white’ and are never seen or heard from again” (p. 46) In this quote, the author is referring to indigenous women who have given up and no longer want to fight for survival by going “white”. What does going “white” mean to us, both as white people and people of color?
Going white refers to the assimilation into the white culture, however, this is internalized and externalized differently for everyone.
How can Emunah’s Five Phase Model be used to safeguard against vulnerability in diverse populations?
It slowly builds intimacy using Phase One and Two exercises and the facilitator can control the progression through the phases. This allows for the exploration of vulnerability at a pace that is appropriate for diverse populations.
What does the article “The End of Violent, Simplistic, Macho Masculinity” suggest will help to reduce toxic masculinity? What other ways can we, as women and as future counselors, help reduce toxic masculinity?
The McBee article suggests countering the negative narratives with positive ones.
In what ways do you think "fat is an embodied orientation"?
“Fat as an embodied orientation means that one can ‘be fat’ as a conscious, ontological choice” (Manthey, 2018).
How are the biopsychosocial/spiritual-existential axes of personal power model (Brown, 2010) and the contextual ecological model (Ballou et al., 2008) different from one another?
The biopsychosocial/spiritual-existential axes of personal power model focuses on the internal experience and roles of the individual in relation to power dynamics. (internal)
The contextual ecological model focuses on the individual in relation to the systems in which they function. (external)
Where have you seen the trickle-down effects of racism and oppression?
Correct, the effects of racism and oppression occur in every system.
Another example is shown in the Allen article. Oppression from white men onto indigenous men turns into indigenous men inflicting violence on indigenous women.
How different would a DvT session with a man who has committed violent acts be if the therapist was a woman? What would be the benefits and drawbacks of having this dynamic in the playspace?
Thank you for your thoughts!