The Empowerment Project: Recent Episodes
Daniel Austin Jones
The goal of this podcast is to dedicate each episode to an issue or minority group that isn't usually discussed in mainstream media. This platform is designed to shine light onto others that usually wouldn't get shine and allow each guest to give personal opinions and experiences related to the topic of their episode.
In this episode, Austin Jones is joined by friends Jameison, Laila, and Xavier to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, the black experience in America, and other race-related issues within the United States.
In this episode, I am joined by Laila, Kaity, and Lara as they answer my questions about dealing with anxiety while in school. They offer insight into having anxiety by sharing personal experiences and offer ways that society and school systems could be more open-minded towards students that suffer from anxiety.
In this episode, Austin hosts a powerful panel of women to discuss societal issues that target women. These issues touched on things like sexual harassment and assault, double standards when raising boys and girls, the idea of "boys being boys", among other issues.
In the debut episode, Austin Jones (host), Jameison Wright, and Luke Enoch discuss the following issues in society:
- Social norms that have given men the expectation to suppress their feelings
- Men being expected or encouraged to only show anger
- Parents depriving young boys of affection in fear of making them appear feminine or homosexual
- Access to pornography and how damaging the material is to young children and teenagers
- How society looks on men being victims of sexual abuse
- Things that teenage men can do to help make teenage relationships healthier and safer for the women involved
SOURCES (The following links can be used to see certain numbers used during the discussion):
- https://1in6.org/get-information/the-1-in-6-statistic/
- https://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/how-pornography-affects-a-teen-brain/
- https://aifs.gov.au/publications/effects-pornography-children-and-young-people-snapshot
- https://welldoing.org/article/why-do-men-get-angry
- https://welldoing.org/article/why-do-men-struggle-to-express-their-feelings