Interview With Justin Baldoni: Undefining What It Means To Be ‘Man Enough’ And Enacting Social Change Through Media

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Justin Baldoni–who works to create equity and social justice through media and transform traditional views of what it means to be a man–shares powerful insights on why it’s so important for our culture, both men and women, to reimagine masculinity and gender roles.

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It's also for all of the women in my life who continue to tell me unbelievable stories that you just can't imagine [still exist today]. It's my wonderful assistant who is so tired of needing to put me on the phone to be taken seriously by other men. It's my inability to connect with other men in my kids’ school because they're shut down and they don't know how to communicate. It's all of these types of things. And it's for our future.

But what they found was that the men were not taking the time off because of the way it would look, because even in those progressive countries, men still battle with the patriarchy, they still battle with this dominant pyramid-scheme culture that says, “If you're not showing up for work, you're a slacker and someone else is better suited for that job.

Trying to teach my boy that the heart is the strongest muscle has been a journey. And I know that no matter what I do, the world is going to put my daughter in a box and my son in a box. They’re going to tell my daughter that she has to be polite and behaved and sweet and not take up too much space and not use a loud voice and be gentle and nurturing and all of the various things.

The more I can build that strong foundation, I believe the stronger the tree will be, and the more flexible it will be. Like a palm tree in a hurricane, he'll be able to bend and go with the socialization that's coming his way without losing his sense of self. Will it work? I have no idea, because those hurricane gale-force winds of socialization are very strong and they might uproot it, but as long as he is in my home, I can model what that healthy masculinity looks like.

We just finished four films–two of them documentaries, two of them feature-length films. Two of them are on social and racial justice issues, and one of them is a teen comedy about female empowerment and body positivity from an incredible female first-time writer/director. It’s just really exciting to see what's possible. We're talking about changing culture and having this conversation around masculinity.

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