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Selected References:

• 5:40 - See the toxic masculinity Wikipedia entry
• 6:04 - Listen to the August 7, 2023 episode of The Gray Area podcast, “The New Crisis of Masculinity,” and the May 12, 2023 of The Bulwark podcast, “Richard Reeves: The Trouble with Boys and Men”
• 6:05 - Read “Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness.” (Washington Post, 2023) and “In Praise of Heroic Masculinity” (The Atlantic, 2023)
• 6:08 - See The Art of Manliness website and podcast
• 8:46 - See “The Enduring Grip of the Gender Wage Gap” (Pew Research Center, 2023) and “The Women’s Leadership Gap” (American Progress, 2018), and for much more detail on a global scale see the World Economic Forum’s “Global Gender Gap Report 2023”
• 9:33 - See the Marlboro Man Wikipedia entry
• 19:40 - See “What’s the Difference Between Sex and Gender?” (WebMD, 2023)
• 39:36 - See “Annual Sheehan-Lyman Hall powder puff game continues to draw attention in its 50th year” (Hartford Courant, 2021)
• 49:50 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 22 - What is Life? from March 2022

This episode was recorded in October 2023

The “Beautiful Illusions Theme” was performed by Darron Vigliotti (guitar) and Joseph Vigliotti (drums), and was written and recorded by Darron Vigliotti