The Idea of Male Vulnerability Is So So So Ancient

Emotional vulnerability does not equate to softness.

Lau Ciocan
Change Becomes You
Published in
4 min readAug 10, 2021

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Poseidon in Sint-Veerleplein, Ghent, Belgium by Kedar Gadge — Unsplash

In this post, I am returning to an idea explored in a previous post on mentoring from Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. But this time, I’m sharing what I’ve learned about male vulnerability from Homer’s beautiful 8th century BC epopee.

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Lau Ciocan
Change Becomes You

Founder of MAN - a shortlisted platform for the 'Best Men's Health Initiative' promoting healthy masculinities & men's mental health. manmentoring.org.uk