Young Men’s Views on Image & Identity – International Museum of Women – Imagining Ourselves

Author: Womens UN Report Network

Date: July 22, 2005

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INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN

IMAGINING OURSELVES

A GLOBAL GENERATION OF WOMEN

Young Men’s Views on Image &
Identity

February
2007

Young
Men
For the past ten months over a million young women
around the world have come together here – discussing what defines
their generation. Now it’s time to turn to the voices of young men
from all over the world talking about the issues and opportunities
facing them.

What are the unique challenges and
opportunities in today’s generation of men that their fathers and
grandfathers could not even imagine? How do men experience this age
differently than their female partners, friends, and colleagues? As
women increasingly enter the workforce, are men taking on more
chores in the household? How has dating, mating, and marrying
changed for men, when women are experiencing more personal freedom
and financial independence? And what does masculinity even mean in
an age where choices seem to be limitless, age-old conventions are
breaking down fast, and new conventions are invented even faster?

Learn more about the hopes, fears, challenges and
opportunities of today’s generation of young adult men. And join the
conversation to talk about how our generation of men and women can
work together towards more productive and fulfilling partnerships –
be they intimate or public.

Featured
Stories

“Carmichael
& Shane”
Alex
Weinress, Australia

“Man
and Father”
Pelle
Koornstra, Netherlands, the

“Seams”
Robert
Peake, United States

“Stay-at-home
dad”
Teddy
Wieczorek, United States

“Father
and son in Lisbon”
Maximiliano
Gutiérrez Contreras, Spain

“Sleeved
Fatherhood”
David
Sanden, United States

“Excerpt
from War by Candlelight”
Daniel
Alarcón, Peru

Featured
Conversation:
Relationships

Are men really from Mars and women from
Venus?

It’s no secret that the world of dating and
relationships has changed drastically for both men and women
of this generation. The internet, for one, has had a huge
impact. But has it changed “dating” for better or for worse?
And just how widespread is the phenomena of internet dating?
In countries without easy internet access, has dating and
courtship changed all that much? Do men date a certain kind of
woman but marry another?

What role are women playing
in relationships these days? Do women claim they want the nice
guys but always turn them down in favor of the bad boys?

Let us know what you think. Join the conversation.

Contributors:

Imagining
Ourselves Team
MODERATOR

Shumba
Shumba

Osai
Ojigho
Nigeria

keeru
hellen
Kenya

Marcella
Cross
Canada

Michael
Dayan
Canada

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Fatherhood

Latest
Comment

Thanks
everyone for this fascinating discussion. To me, the inspiring
pieces in the exhibit as well as your comments on them mostly
remind me that with all… JOIN THE
CONVERSATION

Guy
Hoffman
MODERATOR
Israel

Image & Identity
(5 comments)

Latest
Comment
The biggest
change in my opinion is the fact that niether men nor women
can get a sense of validation today. everybody’s trying so
hard to be similar, at par, equal to each other, that we can
no longer be men and find that good enough. On… JOIN THE
CONVERSATION

Paresh
Kumar
India

Culture & Conflict
(Publish Date
02.15.2007)

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