Hi All!

I am/was working on a film and I need to interview people as a steppingstone to gathering some research. I am wondering if you would be willing to have an unrecorded, not filmed conversation about masculinity. No wrong or right answers just genuinely looking to have a conversation about your experience.

I am happy to send you the questions in advance, happy to answer any questions you have for me, and happy to provide any legal documentation that says I will not use any of your answers for this project without your consent.

I also want to be clear that I am not a fancy TV producer so this likely will not go anywhere. But if you're willing to have a conversation about anything that's not COVID19 related, let me know!

QUESTIONS BELOW - If you want to answer them shoot me a message and I'll give you my email! Thanks all!

Interview Questions

  1. Tell me about your childhood - What did you enjoy about it? What did you dislike?
  2. What was your favorite childhood memory?
  3. Is there a memory in your childhood that you hate or feel embarrassed by?
  4. What games or toys did you play with?
  5. What did you wear, how did you style your hair? Did you make those choices or did someone else?
  6. Did you find that there was a difference in the things you wanted to do vs the things you were told to do? How did that make you feel?
  7. Do you miss being a boy? If yes or no, why?
  8. What makes you feel like a boy?
  9. What were your relationships with adult men?
  10. What were your relationships like with adult women?
  11. What were your friends like?
  12. When did someone tell you had to behave a certain way to be considered male?
  13. Did you ever see or hear something you are uncomfortable with but were afraid to speak up? If so, what was it and why?

Interview Questions

  1. Would you consider yourself an angry person? If yes or no, why?
  2. When was the last time you felt angry? How did you express it?
  3. Can you think of a time where you were the most angry? How did you express it?
  4. Do you ever feel strong when you’re angry?
  5. Would you consider yourself an emotional person? If yes or no, why?
  6. When was the last time you felt emotional? How did you express it?
  7. Can you think of a time where you were very emotional, how did you express it?
  8. Do you ever feel strong when you’re emotional?
  9. Would you consider yourself a happy person? If yes or no, why?
  10. What does your happiness look like? How do you express it?
  11. Can you tell me the last time you felt filled with happiness?
  12. Do you remember the first time you felt fear, why, and what was that experience like?
  13. Do you remember the most recent time you felt fear, why, and what was that experience like?
  14. What are you afraid of?
  15. Do you feel stronger when you don’t show emotion or when you do?
  16. When do you feel the strongest?
  17. When do you feel the most masculine
  18. When do you feel like a good person?

Interview Questions

  1. Can you describe your relationship with your male friends?
  2. Can you describe your relationships with your female friends?
  3. How do you view men?
  4. Has there been elements of your understanding of masculinity that you would describe as toxic? If so, what?
  5. What is an adjective typically used to describe women that you would like to be called?
  6. What is typically a “men’s role” that you would like to not deal with?
  7. How do you view females?
  8. How do you feel about the term gender neutral? Why does that feel correct or not a correct way to describe you?
  9. What is something about yourself that you like?
  10. Do you think you would be different if you weren't told how to be masculine? In what ways?
  11. What does honesty feel like to you? Can you talk about a time you felt truly yourself?
  12. What do you do to take care of yourself?
  13. How do you make yourself feel good?
  14. What do you like about yourself?
  15. How do you want to express yourself?
  16. What do you want for yourself?
  17. What does being free feel like to you?
  18. Do you want to be a father? Why or why not?

Answer these questions if you do want to be a father or if you have thoughts

  1. Would you be a parent if there was no co-partner in the picture?
  2. Are there any aspects from your parents that you would or wouldn’t implement? If so, what?
  3. What does being a good father look like to you?
  4. When you picture your role as a father how does it look/feel?
  5. What is one thing you would really want to teach your child(ren)?
  6. What is one thing you don’t want to pass on to your child(ren)?