Men and Emotions : Ron Levant Ed.D. on The Secret Lives of Men

Here is another recent episode of Dr. Chris Blazina's podcast, The Secret Lives of Men. He speaks with Dr. Ron Levant, one of the leaders in the literature of masculinity and male psychology, on the topic of men and emotion.

Dr. Levant is a past-President of American Psychological  Association, and is the Editor of the journal “Psychology of Men and Masculinity.” He is currently Professor of Psychology, The University of Akron. Among his many books are A New Psychology Of Men (with Dr. William Pollack), Masculinity Reconstructed: Changing the Rules of Manhood-- At Work, in Relationships, and in Family Life, and Men and Sex: New Psychological Perspectives.

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Men and Emotions : Ron Levant Ed.D.

Ron Levant Ed.D. suggests that the North American male suffers to some degree from cultural conditioning which causes men to repress their vulnerable and caring emotions causing them to become underdeveloped in emotional expressiveness; a condition called  Normative Male Alexithymia. On today’s program we explore men and their emotions. Dr. Levant is a past-President of American Psychological  Association, and is the Editor of the journal “Psychology of Men and Masculinity.” He is currently Professor of Psychology, The University of Akron.