This week David, Abdullah and Andrew talk honestly about sex and pornography. Great conversation with three very different backgrounds of sexual experience.

Behind the Masc

Sex and Porn

David and Abdullah talk about the difficulties dating as a man.

Dating?

This week David and Tyler talk about Cardi B saying she used to drug and rob people, the double standards of hip hop culture, and also of the male and female dynamics. Would you hit a female to protect yourself, as quickly as you would hit a man? And more.

Male and Female Double Standards

It is important to focus on the negative impacts homophobia has on the LGBTQ community. However, something that is not often talked about is its impact on heterosexuals, men in particular. David and Abdullah discuss how it impacted their lives as children, and the risks of homophobia self-perpetuating unless these broader issues are discussed as well.

Homophobia

This week David and Ben talk about their less than optimal experiences on dating apps, and wonder if there is a better way and why they bother.

The Dating Apps

David and Tyler discuss the 5 love languages, how that knowledge impacts their relationships and their friendships.

The 5 Love Languages and Managing Relationships

David and Andrew discuss the conferences they both went to as undergraduates, the party and hookup culture therein, and expectations that existed in that ecosystem.

Party and Hookup Culture

Today David and Tyler talk a bit about masculinity in their lives and in society, and go on a few tangents as they have been known to do in the past.

Masculinity, and some other stuff

Everyone needs to transition their relationship with their parents at some point. Today Matt and David discuss how that has worked for them, and how their relationships were in the past.

Parents

This week David and Ben discuss how David was in university, the pick up culture, and expectations of men with respect to it.

Pick Up Culture and Expectations

This week David and Abdullah talk about the idea of toxic masculinity, their various support communities, and the outlet and impacts of social media.

Social Media and Communities

This week David and Ben discuss why they are even bothering to do this podcast, and get into a few specifics around emotions in the past.

Why Take a Peak?

Each week David and a guest talk openly about issues of manhood and masculinity, including dating, love and expectations.

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Behind the Masc

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