National Coalition Against Censorship's video: I Am A Man - Cerys Rotondo

3RD PLACE WINNER OF THE 2019 YOUTH FREE EXPRESSION FILM CONTEST Harkening back to the Civil Rights Movement with her title, Cerys calls on viewers to challenge socially constructed ideas of masculinity and consider how those norms suppress voices and create predetermined roles. Judges praised Cerys for “making a single story the story of many” with her experimental film, which uses poetry and skillful camera movement to portray diverse male perspectives and experiences. From the very start little boys are taught to be strong and to build up walls that tend to never come down.  Talking about men who have been sexually assaulted or harassed is taboo in our society. We hear women share countless stories and see organizations coming together for women and their experiences with sexual assault yet neglect the other 10%. We never talk about the one in six males that will experience sexual assault. (W)hy do we limit victims to one gender? Why can’t we as a society accept that men aren’t brick walls? You reading this, have the power to change these social norms and eliminate toxic masculinity. You have power in everything you say, tweet, post, and do. Raise your little boys and encourage the men in your life to feel what they’re feeling and express their emotions, because if not, how will they ever truly be heard? We have to ask ourselves, how can you expect someone to be vulnerable, when we never allow it? YOUTH FREE EXPRESSION FILM CONTEST: http://ncac.org/project/film-contest FOLLOW NCAC: Web: http://www.ncac.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ncacorg Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ncacensorship Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ncacensorship ABOUT NCAC: The National Coalition Against Censorship's mission is to promote freedom of thought, inquiry and expression and oppose censorship in all its forms.