#620 John Barry - Perspectives in Male Psychology (Pt.2) - Education, Criminality, Military
RECORDED ON APRIL 21st 2022.
Dr. John Barry is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS), Honorary Lecturer in Psychology at University College London, clinical hypnotherapist and author of around 70 peer-reviewed publications on a variety of topics in psychology and health, including many on male psychology. He has also co-authored letters to The Psychologist magazine to raise awareness of issues relevant to male psychology. Dr. Barry co-founded both the Male Psychology Network and the Male Psychology Section of the BPS, and has been lead organizer of the Male Psychology Conference (2014–present) and co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health (2019). He is also co-author (with Louise Liddon) of the new book Perspectives in Male Psychology: An Introduction.
This is the second of a two-part talk where we focus on Perspectives in Male Psychology.
Watch part 1 here: https://youtu.be/TR80d2N1E6c
In this episode, we cover the following topics: education; job and career prospects; sports and competition; sex differences in occupations; criminality; the military service; the “failure to launch” in life; and romantic relationships.
Time Links:
Intro
How boys struggle with education
Job and career prospects
The importance of sports for male development and mental health
Sex differences in occupations, and how we think about sexual discrimination
Crime, and what predisposes men to it
The positive and negative mental effects of military service
The “failure to launch” in life
Romantic relationships
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Follow Dr. Barry’s work:
Website: https://bit.ly/2NMBYeA
Perspectives in Male Psychology: https://amzn.to/3Ea6mV6
Twitter handle: @MalePsychology