Episode 123: How To Be a Feminist Dad with Jordan Shapiro
b'Jordan Shapiro joins me to talk about being a feminist dad. Jordan\\xa0is an author, educator, and researcher. He\\u2019s Senior Fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, and Nonresident Fellow in the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. Finally, he is the author of\\xa0Father-Figure: How to be a Feminist Dad.\\xa0\\nIn this episode, we discuss gender essentialism and how men can begin to change habits, behaviors, and ideas in order to behave differently in the world.\\xa0Seriously, Jordan is paving the way for what it means to be a man today. Ladies, all of the men in your life need his new book. And they need to listen to this episode, so share it with them too!\\nShow Highlights\\n\\n\\nFather Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad: what it means to be a feminist dad, plus Jordan\\u2019s response to his son when asked, \\u201cDad, are you appropriating feminism by being a man and writing this book?\\u201d (5:25)\\n\\nThe familiar assumptions about the origins of so-called traditional parenting roles. (10:33)\\n\\n\\u201cWe live in a world where gender is being renegotiated.\\u201d (17:59)\\n\\nMen should interrogate their behaviors and habits of mind so that they can make their own decisions about how to behave differently in the world.\\xa0(19:46)\\n\\nWe talk in-depth about male privilege, toxic masculinity, and the patriarchy. (22:32)\\n\\nFrom narcissistic patriarchal authority to responsive fathering. (30:32)\\n\\nThe psychology of a father from an archetypal perspective. (37:30)\\n\\nLearn More About Jordan:\\nJordan Shapiro, PhD, is an author, educator, and researcher. He\\u2019s Senior Fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, and Nonresident Fellow in the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. He teaches in Temple University\\u2019s Intellectual Heritage Program, and he wrote \\u201cThe New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World\\u201d (Little Brown Spark, 2018), which received wide critical acclaim and has been published in 11 languages. His upcoming book, \\u201cFather-Figure: How to be a Feminist Dad\\u201d (Little Brown Spark, 2021) offers a norm-shattering perspective on fatherhood, family, and gender essentialism.\\nResources & Links:\\nJordan\\u2019s book: Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad: http://www.feministdadbook.com/ Jordan on Instagram: http://instagram.com/jordosh\\nJordan on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jordosh\\nJordan on Facebook: http://facebook.com/jordosh\\nJOIN THE SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shouldistayorshouldigo/\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'