A SAFE ONLINE SPACE FOR MEN TO HEAL FROM INTERNALIZED PATRIARCHY TOGETHER
**LAUNCHING OCT 11, 2023**
Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday
8:00-9:30pm ET
*Registration required for Zoom link*
Who Is This Group For?
In a world rife with toxic masculinity, men are often asked to do better. It's not so simple. Men are often not aware of the internalized and unconscious cultural norms that influence their thoughts and actions. To do better men have become aware of their hidden programming and unhealed wounds. They also need to be empowered, encouraged, and supported to change.
MEN: BETTER TOGETHER is an online support group for adult men (18+) seeking a safe space to connect and converse around healing from internalized patriarchy and becoming increasingly better versions of ourselves in all areas of life: relationships, work, pleasure, spirituality, identity, parenting, family, and more.
All men are welcome to participate regardless of identification, orientation, race, ethnicity, ability, income, education, religious beliefs or relationship status.
Registration is required. Participation is free, donations are welcome.
MEN: BETTER TOGETHER is an online support group for adult men (18+) seeking a safe space to connect and converse around healing from internalized patriarchy and becoming increasingly better versions of ourselves in all areas of life: relationships, work, pleasure, spirituality, identity, parenting, family, and more.
All men are welcome to participate regardless of identification, orientation, race, ethnicity, ability, income, education, religious beliefs or relationship status.
Registration is required. Participation is free, donations are welcome.
What Is Patriarchy?
Patriarchy can be defined as a system of relationships, beliefs, and values embedded in political, social, and economic systems that structure gender inequality between men and women. Attributes seen as “feminine” or pertaining to women are undervalued, while attributes regarded as “masculine” or pertaining to men are privileged. [source] Patriarchy is one of the 'Big 3' systems of oppression along with white supremacy and capitalism.
Who Suffers Because Of Patriarchy?
Patriarchy (in tandem with white supremacy and capitalism) maintains a hierarchy that values straight, white, cis-gendered, able-bodied, educated, property-owning, monogamous, Christian men as the ideal standard. Anyone who does not belong to this group are seen as marginalized, subordinate, and routinely experience less access to resources, goods, and services.
Because of our interconnectedness and interdependence, oppression harms both the oppressed and the oppressor. Everyone is harmed by patriarchy. While all are not harmed equally, we do not often acknowledge how men are also harmed by patriarchy as they also unconsciously perpetuate it.
While many men do not consciously seek to perpetuate patriarchy, it is the culture we were all born into, and as a result we have all internalized many of its traits even if we don't live them in obvious ways. These traits manifest in men in many ways, including a sense of entitlement, believing there may be something fundamentally wrong with certain groups of people (e.g. women, trans and non-binary people, disabled people, those who are non-monogamous), a rigid idea of masculinity, and more.
Because of our interconnectedness and interdependence, oppression harms both the oppressed and the oppressor. Everyone is harmed by patriarchy. While all are not harmed equally, we do not often acknowledge how men are also harmed by patriarchy as they also unconsciously perpetuate it.
While many men do not consciously seek to perpetuate patriarchy, it is the culture we were all born into, and as a result we have all internalized many of its traits even if we don't live them in obvious ways. These traits manifest in men in many ways, including a sense of entitlement, believing there may be something fundamentally wrong with certain groups of people (e.g. women, trans and non-binary people, disabled people, those who are non-monogamous), a rigid idea of masculinity, and more.