110: Anima/Animus + Toxic Gender Roles (Episode 10.5)

Spoiler: We’re all basically androgynous. McCall’s ex talks masculinity and femininity during gender transition and Cassidy helps McCall unbox toxic femininity, through the lens of Jung’s theory of Anima (the feminine aspect in a male) and Animus (the masculine aspect in a female) and the toxicity that occurs when those characteristics become too extreme. This week, Alison Whiteacre, a transfemme transition coach (a perfectly suited career, we think!) and an old lover of McCall’s, joins the show to speak candidly on how she feels about femininity and masculinity and what transitioning has taught her so far. Also on deck this week is Cassidy, whose work in rape crisis gives her an interesting, albeit biased, perspective on terminology she unboxes with us. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unboxinggod/support