Many of you are aware I am now presenting my ‘Navigating a Se*ed Up World’ to more young men around the country. Because of the demand – and because he is so good at engaging young people! – I now have Daniel Principe speaking alongside me more regularly.
Sydney-based and working in the non-profit health sector, Daniel is committed to helping young men dissect harmful messages they receive from media, advertising, games, music and pop culture about what it is to be a man – and helping them aspire to something better.
In this short video I talk to Dan about why he wants to encourage young men to be their best selves. In it, he says he is:
Passionate about giving young people the opportunity to reconsider, re-imagine, what it could be for them to be healthy physically, emotionally spiritually….as they negotiate the challenges of being a young person in today’s world…I want to see young men at least question some of the messages they are receiving through sexualised advertising, pornography culture and at least push back on that to give themselves the opportunity to consider who am I, how do I want to live and be in this world?
97% of male students attending health forum say ‘Respectful Relationship’ session would improve their decision making
In June I addressed 213 Yr 10 students from 15 schools in Sydney’s South on ‘Healthy Relationships’, at the annual Young Men’s Health Forum hosted by Conviction Men’s Health. The team behind this excellent initiative sent me the feedback. To know that 97% of the young men in attendance said me session helped improve their decision-making on the issue, encourages me to keep going. As does this response from one of the students:
I’ve learnt about how to open up to other people about mental health issues, and how to self-reflect so I can be a better leader. I’ve also learnt about the impact pornography and the media has on young men’s relationships with women, and how to take charge when seeing girls being treated wrongly.
And of course, we continue to address young women too, along with educators, parents and the community.
For more information visit my website where you can find my speaking brochure and another video.
See also:
‘When boys say sorry to girls: the transformative power of challenging harmful messages about masculinity’, MTR
‘Young men speaking up: a tipping point for behavioural change?’ MTR
