Family: expectations, female roles and masculinity

All Things Mental Health

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Eunice and Dazo explore family and what theirs means to them in relation to their own lived experience as a Black student.

Eunice and Dazo explore family expectations, female roles and masculinity, and how family has interfaced with their experience as students. Tune in to hear more about mental health stigma at home, generational trauma, traditional gendered expectations, along with the pivotal role family can have in helping students define the importance of community, and learning the essence of responsibility, resilience and strength.

This episode speaks to the perspectives of university students from an African and Christian background however some of the themes discussed may be similar or shared experiences from other backgrounds.

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