Questions for Andrew Smiler
2. Messages about how to become a man. Are there significant hormonal and physiological influences or is gender mostly socially constructed?
3. Agree with the focus on the importance of involved fathers a la Farrell, Clay, etc.
4. What led you to become “America’s leading expert on the masculine self?”
5. Why your focus on adolescence? Why the increase in anxiety and teens, especially girls? Increases in ADHD and autism spectrum? Why increased gender fluidity?
6. Take aways from your books
Is Masculinity Toxic?: A Primer for the 21st Century“,
Dating and Sex: A Guide for the 21st Century Teen Boy,”
Challenging Casanova: Beyond the stereotype of the promiscuous young male.”
7. Men’s movements approaches, APA The Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity
The American Men’s Studies Association