3 tops we defined: Patriarchy & SexismBehaving * Men are supposed to make the first step in sexual approach * Men is the strong gender * →shows the 1st man - 2nd woman System * Power lies in the hand of the man * Economic * Political/Decision * Religion (killed female; spiritual figures) Male Socialisation * Being taught to act like a man * Hiding the emotions * Sports * Taking space * Expectation of intelligence through the models (→Artists, Philosophers) * Competition/pressure * Persistent socialisation * Sexual pressure Male Privileges * masculine history & presence * societal expectation to not participate in care – work * perceived to be “smarter” and “competent” * perceived to be in leading role * given more space * societal acceptance to take more space than others * physical presence (in public) * no fear of sexual violence * strong role models * don’t need to think about pregnancy or contraception * relatively raised expectations * we can decide if we want to think about sexism/male privilege or not We tried to find examples from our experiences (RoR/Not RoR): Expamles * Being raised to play soccer (story behind…) * RoR story (but also very much an everyday experience): 2 skilled persons were present but only the male was asked about stuff * Consent about 1 sexual activity doesn’t automatically include other activities * Expectations from yourself (or what you think society expects from you) and lack of talking (leads to things like harassment) * Adapting a specific masculine behaviour because of certain (but common) situations (like feeling unsure of yourself → you base your following behaviour in sexist normatives) * Men repeat content unnecessarily in groups (obviously RoR related too) RoR Examples * easier for CIS-males to take roles in RoR (e.g. Maestra) * Taking notes is mostly done by women * Instrument balance (e.g. surdos) * Mansplaining in plenary * for example: summarizing/ending a top because of a louder voice and not using hand signals) * Men ‘forcefully’ correcting other players playing unasked * Certain men reproduce more toxic masculinity (and less openness) Finally we also came up with some approaches and ideas: Approaches & Ideas * Asking more questions – speaking less about yourself * Actively talking about emotions * Observe emotions of others (but don’t assume ;)) * Practice critical masculinity for example in your flat (eg. texts on the toilet door; having conversations) * Stop reproducing sexist behaviours because you think you are in a safe space and dont need to be a role model to others Approaches & Ideas (RoR related) * Personally approaching people who reproduce forms of toxic masculinity * Speaking out loud if people behave badly (we even have the gender-sign for it) * FLINT-only Rehearsals * Find ways to get more FLINT-people to maestrate and to take the lead in general