Healing and Healers Worksheet: NUR 335 Assignment, University

This document presents a completed worksheet assignment on "Healing and Healers" for a NUR 335 course. The assignment addresses questions related to Darryl's perspective on safety and trust, the dynamic between an interviewer and interviewee, and an analysis of men's issues through the lens of intersectionality. It examines the writings of Robert Bly's "Iron John," including the descriptions of the "soft man" and the "Iron John" archetype. The solution also incorporates Michael Fox's archetypes and Mazis's contrasting views on men and their ability to handle grief. The assignment uses intersectionality to analyze the provided readings and explores themes of discrimination, bias, and the importance of healing for men across diverse groups. The solution provides references to scholarly sources such as Kay (2019), Ferlatte et al. (2018), Bly (2015), Fox (2010), and Mazis (1993).

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Answer 1
1a. Darryl state that he is a black and gay male; therefore, it is difficult to trust people as
there is discrimination or bias experienced by him in many instances. Having two distinct
aspects, safety is a major concern for him as it was stated that he does not feel safe outside
the community where he has a personal relationship with people he trusts (Kay, 2019).
1b. The process or dynamic between the interviewee and interviewer showed that there
was a sense of trust as a result of which, Darryl was able to open up and share about his
experiences, feelings and concern with Alan even though both belong to a different group.
Answer 2
From the lens of intersectionality, it can be stated that there are several issues that
men in the world are facing and require immediate focus. Healing of men can help in
uplifting the society as it will help in understanding the psychological aspects of men’s
problem, discrimination, bias faced by them in a more prevalent manner concerning race,
culture, skin color and orientation (Ferlatte et al., 2018). The finding was not concerned about
a particular group of men but included diverse issues faced by different groups of men and
the importance of healing. This highlighted the aspect of men's movement, which is a social
movement in Western countries that focus on gender issues.
Answer 3
3a. According to the author, fairy tales are dominated by women and there are few that
glorify men. Among them is Iron John, which is a story of a Wild man that had stated the
aspects of overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage that
have been stated in literacy manner.

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3b. The ‘soft man ‘is also described as the feminized man who has a gentle attitude in life
and thus, many of them are unhappy as they have low esteem and were stated to be limp
referring to lack of character (Bly, 2015).
3c. The “Iron John” archetype is referred to as a wild man in the initial of the story;
however, in the end, he was found to be the wise man. This indicates that there are various
lessons that are meaningful to men as well as the men’s movement.
Answer 4
4a. According to Fox (2010), there are ten archetypes appearing in our culture that the
man needs to reinvent in the world in order to project sacred masculinity. The culture that is
being referred to in the story is the modern westernized culture that has changed over time
and has been found to degrade the indigenous culture. Men, in this case, mean all the men in
the world that have been subjected to various kinds of discrimination and bias.
4b. A cultural image of men has been projected to be healthy and masculine in nature that
is being referred to in the story.
Answer 5
5a. Mazis’s work confronts Bly’s work by stating the different viewpoints of men by
referring men to be unable to handle grief or pain in an appropriate manner.
5b. The story shows that men are unable to deal with pain or hurt and with the aid of
recent images of men, the author had embraced pain among men (Mazis, 1993).
5c. The author has connected men with feelings in everyday life and the story depicts a
celebration of interconnection, wonder, disposition to let things transpire (rather than
asserting control), and facing one's own susceptibility.

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References
Bly, R. (2015). Iron John: A book about men. Da Capo Press.
Ferlatte, O., Salway, T., Trussler, T., Oliffe, J. L., & Gilbert, M. (2018). Combining
intersectionality and syndemic theory to advance understandings of health inequities
among Canadian gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Critical Public
Health, 28(5), 509-521.
Fox, M. (2010). The hidden spirituality of men: Ten metaphors to awaken the sacred
masculine. New World Library.
Kay, A. (2019). Darryl Hansome on Intersectionality - a personal sharing.
Mazis, G. A. (1993). The trickster, magician & grieving man: Reconnecting men with earth.
Bear.