After the skateboarders decide against continuing with a dangerous challenge, Zack comments, “Your whole life society tells you like, oh, be a man, and you’re strong and you’re tough and margaritas are gay.”

• What other messages did Zack, Keire, and Bing get about how to be a man? How do those messages compare to how people talk about or identify what it means to be a "good man," or the characteristics of the kind of person that someone might want to be?
• What were the messages about: crying or hiding emotions? Using violence as a response to feeling disrespected? Earning a living? Drinking (alcohol)?
• How do those messages compare to the lessons you’ve learned about masculinity and being a man? Which of the messages do you consider to be positive and which are “toxic”?
• What do you view as the relationship between toxic masculinity and homophobia?
• What messages about masculinity would you want to pass down to the next generation?

How are the women in the film, like Nina or the boys’ mothers, affected by what the men in their family have learned about masculinity?

What could you, along with your family, friends, and community do to promote the positive aspects of masculinity and challenge negative or toxic behaviors that are currently associated with being a “real man”?