[Documentary] Transcending the Gender Narrative

Launched on 28 April 2020 by Narrative Marketing with assistance from the Community Broadcasting Fund, and supporting partners.

Transcending the Gender Narrative

Join our journey as we investigate how to reframe the limitations of our current gender narratives.

Gender equality and diversity have been talked about many times, for many years. Positive progress has been made, however the rate of change is slow. Many of the stereotypes and the limitations they place on both women and men, still exist. In this documentary series, we interview a broad range of people to help build a new framework for this discourse with an aim to expand our viewpoints and shift these limitations.

Episodes

Join us across this 8 part documentary series as we investigate how to transcend our current gender narrative. Through interviews with women in typically male dominated industries or roles, we look at how to move past previously existing gender stereotypes. In each episode we, also interview the male counterparts who support and champion women in these positions.

In the creation of the 8 part series we have made a conscious decision to have conversations across women, men, youth and ethnicity to ensure we capture a diverse range of viewpoints and life experiences. If we are truly going to achieve a transcendence of the currently limiting gender norms, we need to do this together, with voices and representation across the Australian community.

Full episodes can be found here: https://transcending.narrativemarketing.com.au/video/

Episode 7 - Men in the Middle

Although Anneli is featured as a guest throughout the 8 episodes, she takes the main role in the conversation in episode 7 - The men in the middle, sharing many points from her book, "When men lead women: Navigating the facts, fears and frustrations of gender equality as a male leader" .

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This is a pocketbook about the unspoken responses of men, to the rise of women at work. Men are grappling with their place in the fight for gender equality. They have questions, concerns, fears, and curiosities, about their presence and purpose in this issue, and are not always sure how to enter into discussions with sensitivity and support. Not all of their thoughts feel safe to explore in general discussion, without seeming sexist, ignorant or unsupportive.

This book is an attempt to surface the conversations that feel taboo, that may be unpopular, and perhaps a little too controversial to say out loud. It's an opportunity for men (and women) to engage in real dialogue and get answers to the questions they're hesitant to ask. Without a safe space to explore and understand the role men play in striving for equality, society as a whole will remain stuck in the status quo.

The ideas in this book provide the pathway forward for a new dialogue between men and women: A dialogue where blame and fear are replaced with clarity and courage, and men feel not only encouraged to get involved, but crucial to the cause.