My husband and I are both men and we're trying to decide whether to have kids, but we realize we have no idea what kind of fathers we want to be or what we'd teach a child about gender and masculinity. Every conversation reveals how different our own relationships with being men actually are.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two men are realizing that becoming parents together requires them to articulate and negotiate their understanding of masculine identity.
“Where Are You with Masculinity — constructed and contested?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.