Gender Constructs Affect Us All... Yes, Even You!

Gender Constructs Affect Us All... Yes, Even You!

with Lee Harrington

Growing up, every person received messages concerning what men, women, and people in general “should” be like. Perhaps you heard your grandmother talk about “being ladylike,” were told that “boys don’t cry,” or saw billboards sharing ideals of different genders (and how to treat them). Whether they come from family, friends, school, media, or somewhere else entirely – gender stereotypes, expectations, and perceptions have affected us all. Let’s take apart where we learned about gender, how it affected us, and how we can look at which gender stories, biases, and identities serve us today. We’ll also examine which hurt us and others, which traumas around gender need looked into, and what joy can come from claiming our own gender from here forward. Though this is not aimed as a discussion concerning transgender experience, the concepts may apply to such experiences, and this space will be maintained as a safe(r) space for people of transgender, agender, and cisgender (aka non-transgender) alike.

Saturday March 14th, 11a-1p Mountain (8-10a Hawaii, 10a-Noon Pacific, Noon-2p Central, 1-3p Eastern; Sun 9th 7-9a AEST, 1-3p NZST) - White Day in Japan

Free to all PassionAndSoul Patrons. Taking place on grid-format Zoom, this class will not recorded, but the Zoom AI summary will be shared with Patreon supporters at the Spirit, Soul, and Eye-to-Eye supporters. PowerPoint slide deck will be available to all live attendees. If you do not want to be identifiable, please change your name/profile details in advance. Auto-generated closed captioning will be available.

About the Presenter:

Lee Harrington (he/they) is a spiritual and erotic authenticity educator, gender explorer, eclectic artist, and award-winning author and editor on erotic and sacred experience. He brings a combination of playful engagement and thoughtful academic dialogue to a broad audience, and they believe we are each beautifully complex ecosystems who deserve to examine the human experience from that lens. They have been traveling the globe teaching and talking about sexuality, psychology, faith, and desire, and believe you deserve passion and connection in your life. His books include “Become Your Own Beloved: A Guide to Delighting In Self Connection,” “Playing Well With Others: Your Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Negotiating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities (with Mollena Williams),” “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé,” and “Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities,” amongst many others. Lee has been a passion instigator, academic, adult film performer, world class sexual adventurer, outspoken philosopher, polytheist priest/ess, kink/bondage coach, and has been blogging about sex and spirit since 1998. Read more about Lee at PassionAndSoul.com.