{"id":3979,"date":"2024-03-26T12:09:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:09:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:09:49","slug":"the-library-young-team-alan-bissett-st-mungos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/03\/26\/the-library-young-team-alan-bissett-st-mungos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Library Young Team- Alan Bissett @St Mungo\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a part of the The Library Young Team project<\/a>, the second session was led by author Alan Bissett.<\/p>\n

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He engaged with a group of S3 pupils, involving them in a discussion about toxic masculinity, lad culture, and consent. Drawing from his latest book, “Lads: a Guide to Respect and Consent,<\/em>” as well as his collaboration with Police Scotland’s campaign, “Don’t Be That Guy<\/em>,” Alan Bissett talked to young boys about understanding women’s safety issues and offering guidance on respectful behaviour towards girls and women.<\/p>\n

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He also addressed how societal expectations and gender roles can create barriers that hinder young men from discussing their emotions and mental health, potentially leading to harmful outcomes.<\/p>\n

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His intervention was empowering, not accusatory or preachy, aiming to help boys navigate their teen years into adulthood with informed choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a part of the The Library Young Team project, the second session was led by author Alan Bissett.   He engaged with a group of S3 pupils, involving them in a discussion about toxic masculinity, lad culture, and consent. Drawing from his latest book, “Lads: a Guide to Respect and Consent,” as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-st-mungos-academy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3987,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979\/revisions\/3987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}