Workbook
For Dutch Men
Directheid, Identiteit, en de Gesprekken die Mannen Vermijden
Nederland gaf je directheid als deugd. Dit werkboek helpt je documenteren wie je bent erachter.
For Dutch men — in the Netherlands and the diaspora — who want to understand and document their identity: the values they carry from Dutch culture, their relationship with work and family, and who they actually are behind the cultural script.
The Name It First Experience
Dutch men carry one of the most culturally specific masculine identities in Europe: built on directness, pragmatism, and a relationship with emotions that often stays indirect. Behind the nuchter exterior lies a rich inner life and real questions about what it means to be a man. Your Dutch Identity Document names what the directness holds, what it hides, and who you are behind it. The output is not a cultural analysis. It is a signed identity statement.
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Sample questions
- What does it mean to be a Dutch man — what directness and pragmatism carry, and what you've worked out for yourself?
- What from Dutch culture do you most want to carry forward — and what are you actively choosing to reexamine?
- What do you want the next generation to understand about Dutch identity and what it means to carry it?
Research basis
Grounded in Cross (1991) identity development applied to national-cultural identity, Kimmel (2008) masculinity studies applied to Dutch context, Connell (1995) masculinity frameworks, and Hofstede (1991) scholarship on Dutch cultural values and identity.
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The full guide on any screen, with a companion journal to write your answers by hand.
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We read every question and every scenario aloud. For the commute, the walk, the dishes.
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The keepsake edition — sewn, ribboned, made to sit on a shelf and be returned to.
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Answer on screen. Your responses save as you go and assemble into your finished document.
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Listen to each question and speak your answer. We capture it. You never touch a keyboard.
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The Essential path takes you to your finished document by the questions that matter most. The Full-depth path walks every question, every scenario, every angle. Both produce the same signed document — one just goes deeper on the way there.
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Shorter sessions. The questions that go directly to the document.
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Every question. Every scenario, every angle.
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