Critical Conversations - Guyland: Where Boys Become Men

Facilitators - Al Perone and Aaron Slocum

In this powerful new film based on his bestselling book, sociologist Michael Kimmel maps the troubling social world where boys become men -- a new stage of development he calls "Guyland." Arguing that the traditional adult signposts and cultural signals that once helped boys navigate their way to manhood are no longer clear, Kimmel provides an astonishing glimpse into a world where more and more young men are trying desperately to prove their masculinity to other young men, with frequently disastrous consequences for young women and other young men.

Guyland offers a way for parents, young men and women, community members, professors and administrators to envision new ways to support young men as they navigate this often perilous world.