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Dr Alex Iantaffi explores the binaries and systemic issues in the documentary "Inside the Manosphere", critically examining masculinity, gender ideology, and cultural influences.

Key takeaways
- The documentary presents several unhelpful binaries between alpha males and softer masculinities, as well as between men and women, without questioning the material sociocultural and political conditions that enable the phenomenon of the manosphere to exist and be appealing to so many young men (and women).
- There are several missed opportunities for deeper reflection on gender and societal norms. Ultimately this documentary does not really unsettle anything systemically, and does not invite us to question the cisgenderism, as a facet of biological determinism, which is at the root of the issues presented.
- Even though capitalism is clearly a part of the phenomenon, this is never clearly named, addressed, or analyzed.

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Gender ideology is a phrase we have seen appear in media, political debates, and maybe it even got to be a topic of conversation at your dinner table. In this episode, Dr. Alex tackles the question of whether there is a gender ideology at play currently and, if so, how do we define it, and how does it impact our day-to-day lives?

*Spoiler: this episode is about cisgenderism as the dominant gender ideology in dominant culture.*

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A couple of articles in the media about some of the topics touched on:

Fausto-Sterling, A. (2018). Why sex is not binary. The New York Times, 25.

Fuentes, A. (2023). Here’s Why Human Sex Is Not Binary. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-why-human-sex-is-not-binary/

Heggie, V. (2015). Nature and sex redefined – we have never been binary

https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2015/feb/19/nature-sex-redefined-we-have-never-been-binary

A few references!

Ainsworth, C. (2015). Sex redefined. Nature, 518(7539), 288.

Ansara, Y. G., & Hegarty, P. (2012). Cisgenderism in psychology: Pathologising and misgendering children from 1999 to 2008. Psychology & Sexuality, 3(2), 137-160.

Ansara, Y. G., & Hegarty, P. (2014). Methodologies of misgendering: Recommendations for reducing cisgenderism in psychological research. Feminism & Psychology, 24(2), 259-270.

Ashley, Florence has several relevant articles and most of their writings online at: https://www.florenceashley.com/academic-publications.html

Barker, M.J. & Iantaffi, A. (2019). Life Isn’t Binary. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

binaohan, b. (2014). Decolonizing trans/gender 101. Biyuti Publishing.

Blumer, M. L., Gavriel Ansara, Y., & Watson, C. M. (2013). Cisgenderism in family therapy: How everyday clinical practices can delegitimize people's gender self-designations. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 24(4), 267-285.

Fine, C. (2010). Delusions of gender: How our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference. WW Norton & Company.

Iantaffi, A. (2015). Gender and Sexual Legitimacy. Current Sexual Health Reports, 7(2), 103-107.

Iantaffi, A. (2021). Gender Trauma. Healing cultural, social, and historical gendered trauma. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Iantaffi, A. & Barker, M.J. (2018). How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Iantaffi, A., Barker, M.J., van Anders, S., Scheele, J. (2019). Mapping Your Sexuality: from sexual orientation to sexual configuration theory. Zine available to download at: www.alex.iantaffi.com The original paper and this zine translated in various languages a

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In this episode Dr Alex Iantaffi discusses why white supremacy culture is detrimental to everyone, including white people! They encourage us to dismantle white supremacy and pick 5 elements of white supremacy culture to illustrate how these are obstacles to our wellbeing and collective liberation.

Here are the websites and books mentioned in the episode:

Click here for the WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE website by Tema Okun

Click here for the SURJ's website

Books mentioned:

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad

Me and White Supremacy: a guided journal by Layla F Saad

Me and White Supremacy Young Reader's Version by Layla F Saad

The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A Sing

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