Are you man enough to be vulnerable?
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My wife and I just watched the TED Talks “Why I’m done trying to be man enough” by Justin Baldoni and agreed it was powerful, authentic, and important to share. What followed was a conversation about the need to be brave, that vulnerability is not a weakness, and the power in transforming and taking ownership of your actions.
Since my wife is a much better communicator than I am, I asked her to share her thoughts. If you are curious, profiles of my wife, Catherine Kwan: Instagram here and LinkedIn here.
[Catherine Kwan — start]
When Jason looked over at the end of the video, I didn’t even try to hide the tears in my eyes. At the height of this “Me, too” era, I have felt incredible strength and pride in joining an unstoppable fleet of women, but I’ve also felt helpless lows, re-experiencing my own inherited shame, and realizing the actual weight of a hyper-masculine culture. With non-apology after non-apology, watching Justin Baldoni felt like seeing, for the first time, what true ownership looks like, and I can feel the weight of generations begin to lift off their own shoulders. When bravery seizes the voices of women and ugliness becomes exposed in rotting heaps, what then? Women have grown in solidarity, but what about men? Here is a beautiful example, in grace and guts, of the other half of the bird taking flight. Thank you, Justin.
[Catherine Kwan — end]
“The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly.” — `Abdu’l-Bahá
