Day 2Facilitator Edition
Day 2 · Session 2 of 6

Masculinity · Part 1

The Masks We Wear

Once we have been shaped — what do we actually look like? The nine masks of masculinity, and the moment of holding the one that is ours.

Duration

120 min

Phases

7

Session objectives

  1. 1Understand that masculinity is not one fixed thing — it is a set of performances , each shaped by what society expects of men.
  2. 2Recognise nine common masks men wear to meet these expectations — and the beliefs and behaviours each carries.
  3. 3Match the characteristics they wrote on the Asli Mard wall to the masks they correspond to.
  4. 4Identify, for themselves, one or more masks they have worn — without judgement, without confession, simply with recognition.
  5. 5Begin to see themselves as both shaped by these masks and capable of taking them off .
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