The Assessment
The Culturally Aligned Masculinity Assessment
A reflective tool — not a diagnostic instrument. A starting point for awareness and conversation, not a label or a score.
What it is
From CAMM to CAMA
CAMA grew naturally from CAMM. Once the model existed as a framework for understanding masculinity across four dimensions — Spirituality, Self, Relationships, and Community — the next question became: how do individual men engage with these dimensions in their own lives?
The Culturally Aligned Masculinity Assessment was developed as a personal engagement tool. It is designed to help men explore how the four dimensions show up — or don't show up — in the way they are actually living.
The word "assessment" can sometimes suggest evaluation or measurement. That is not the intent here. CAMA is built on the belief that self-understanding requires understanding the relationships, communities, experiences, and values that have shaped us — and that no single score could capture that.
CAMA is
A reflective tool for personal exploration
Grounded in the four dimensions of CAMM
Designed for awareness and conversation
Culturally responsive in its framing
A starting point, not a conclusion
CAMA is not
A diagnostic instrument
A labeling tool
A measurement of whether someone is "masculine enough"
A replacement for conversation
A final word on any of these questions
How it works
A Tool for Reflection
CAMA invites men to explore each of the four dimensions honestly — not to rate themselves, but to notice themselves.
Spirituality
What beliefs, practices, or frameworks of meaning guide my life?
How do I understand my place in the world?
How does my spirituality shape how I see myself and treat others?
Self
What stories do I carry about who I am and what I deserve?
How do I care for myself — emotionally, physically, mentally?
Where did my understanding of myself come from?
Relationships
How do I show up for the people I love?
How comfortable am I with vulnerability and honesty?
What does trust look like in my closest relationships?
Community
How do I understand my place in my community?
Which community stories about manhood have I examined?
How does my cultural context shape who I believe I should be?
CAMM & CAMA Together
Two Parts of One Conversation
CAMM provides the framework. CAMA provides the mirror. One describes the landscape; the other invites you to notice where you are standing in it. They are designed to be used together — in counseling contexts, in group settings, in personal reflection, and in conversation.
"Self-understanding requires understanding the relationships, communities, experiences, and values that shape us. CAMA is an invitation to begin that understanding — not to complete it."
— Dr. Nick