Content Note: This episode discusses masculinity, power, and gender-based violence at a structural and analytical level. There are no graphic descriptions, but some themes may be challenging. Please take care of yourself while listening.
Masculinity is often treated as a personality trait — something individual men have or don’t have, something that can be improved with better intentions.
In this episode of Intersectional Psychology, we take a different approach.
Drawing on feminist, decolonial, and African scholarship, we explore masculinity as a social structure — a hierarchy that organises power, normalises silence, and continues to shape institutions, relationships, and everyday life, even when men see themselves as “good people.”
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⏳ Chapter Timestamps
00:00:00 Pre-credit teaser
00:01:42 Land acknowledgement
00:02:10 Title credits: Masculinities, power, and the myths of the "Good Guy"?
00:02:32 Welcome and introduction
00:04:11 What do we mean by "masculinity"?
00:05:31 Hegemonic masculinity: The gold standard?
00:07:38 Complicit masculinity: The "good guys"?
00:09:44 Marginalised masculinity: Power without privilege
00:11:54 Subordinate masculinity: Policed and punished
00:13:59 Ratele and the decolonial turn
00:15:46 Violence, gender, and accountability
00:17:16 Alternative masculinities: Yes, they exist
00:21:30 End credits
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