Dr. Ellie Anderson interviews Dr. Ronald F. Levant, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Akron and former President of the American Psychological Association. They discuss one of his most important contributions to psychology, normative male alexithymia—a concept that has been a big influence on Ellie's work on hermeneutic labor—as well as his recent book, Assessing and Treating Emotionally Inexpressive Men (2024, Routledge). They break down the concept of normative male alexithymia and dive into many related questions: how is gender socially constructed and historically contingent? How do omnipresent gender norms impact child development? How can men learn to understand and change their relationship to their emotional life?

You can check out Dr. Levant's book here: https://www.routledge.com/Assessing-a...

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