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A Good Man: What's Happened to American Masculinity?

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
A Good Man: What's Happened to American Masculinity?
2019 Milken Institute Global Conference
2019 Milken Institute Global Conference

A Good Man: What's Happened to American Masculinity?

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Palm

American masculinity has always been unique. Forged in the country's origin story and polished to a high sheen by Hollywood over the decades, being a "real man" is a concept now under cultural and social scrutiny. At a time when the notion of masculinity has been distorted by prominent men into a toxic caricature, men and women need to respond thoughtfully. What are the right ways to be a man in contemporary America? Who have roles in forging the definition of what it takes to be a man?