In episode 364 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Dr Sophie King-Hill.
Sophie is currently Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham and has worked in academia since 2013.
She published her latest book, ‘Reframing Masculinity for Young Men and Boys’ in 2025, and her areas of academic expertise are in masculinity and young men and boys, and children and young people and sexual behaviours.
In this episode we discuss her academic journey, her working-class background and how that’s shaped her work and the issues she writes about. We also discuss her TedX talk in 2022 entitled ‘Stop Talking about the Weather and Start Talking about Sex’ and her pride in that achievement.
We also talk about something Sophie calls ‘precarious masculinity’, the impact of pornography on men and boys, both positive and negative, something Sophie calls ‘the porn paradox’ and the role of consent for men and boys.
For Sophie’s mental health journey, we discuss her social class through a mental health lens and motherhood.
As always, #itsokaytovent
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