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My Ex is an Amazing Father, Which is Why The Kids Live With Him
Te-Erika Patterson’s boys are doing great in their father’s care, and are prospering in ways that she would not even know how to initiate. What can I say? Life can change in the blink of an eye. You...
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Gay Bros: A Unique Online Community for Men Struggling With Stereotypes
On one of the internet’s most popular, and notorious, sites, a new community is bringing together gay men with old-fashioned tastes. Gay atheists are two clicks away from trans hackers. Cross dressers...
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Steak & BJ Day: A Solution in Search of a Problem
Sexist stereotyping is not the way to make men feel appreciated. March 14th, “Steak and Blowjob Day“, is supposedly a response to the agonizing torture that is Valentine’s Day for men. The idea of...
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As a married adult I don’t care who thinks I’m gay.
This is a comment by Thomas Pluck on “Our Society’s Brutal Economic Message To Men Who Express Gender Differently: You’d Better Not…“ A kid in my apartment’s pool reminded me of my younger self today....
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Sex, Food, Success… Repeat
Why are our stereotypes of what men want so shallow… and so wrong? — With the focus of publications like the Good Men Project, along with a slew of websites on topics like fatherhood, and with entire...
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Men Must Be Needed Because We Can’t Be Wanted
We believe we have to be the heroes only because we can’t yet see other roles for ourselves. Running an online magazine about masculinity, I’ve come to observe a curious phenomenon. When we post about...
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Why I Stopped Using the F-Word and Other Homophobic B.S.
LeRon Barton didn’t think of himself as a homophobe, but he had to learn to back that up with his actions. A long time ago, like 20 years ago (man I am so dating myself here. Don’t try and do the...
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Embracing Toughness
You can be an enlightened man and still a tough guy. George Clarke explains how. I know what it’s like to be feared. Since I’m both male and black, I know it twice over. Culture burdens men of all...
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Looks Are Everything After All
When exactly did hotness become a competition nobody can opt out of? —- Two bottles of body wash in the shower. Two more in the hallway closet. Two different lotions in the bedroom. One of the body...
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The Choices We Make Are Not Our Own
What influences your decisions? Are you sure you know? —- Have you ever watched a cat trying to make a decision? He’ll crouch there, trying to decide whether to jump up on the sofa, his tiny little...
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Go Ahead, Ladies, Ask Him Out
The most exciting date of my life was when she asked me out instead of the other way around. —– As a happily married 44-year old man, I often listen with interest when my 20-something colleagues...
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To Be Like Jesus, Does Meekness Mean Weakness?
Gil Flores shares his thoughts on the Christmas season and what the way of Jesus shows us about meekness. If you’re like Ricky Bobby, you might prefer “Lord baby Jesus” year-round, but for most of us...
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Breaking the Emotional Coma Cycle
Jason Hairston explains how constricted masculinity damages male relationships —- Growing up in the city, I quickly learned how male vulnerability leads to questions about your manhood. There was...
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The Top 10 Offensively Sexist Halloween Costumes For Men
Some Halloween costumes are funny. Some are sexy. Some are neither. And some destroy the concepts of humor and sex appeal just by existing. —- It’s a holiday tradition: every year around this time,...
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Ten Responses to ‘Man Up’
Award-winning slam poet Guante has some strong opinions about the phrase “Man up.” —– I recently found this brilliant piece by Guante, a hip-hop artist and two-time National Poetry Slam champion, and...
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When Did Aesthetics Become Unmanly?
When and how did the concept of masculinity turn its back on art, design, and beauty? —- A while back, I was playing around with one of those joke internet quizzes, this one supposed to diagnose...
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Fifteen Things Feminism Has Done For Men
Katherine Klaus lists fifteen reasons men should be downright enthusiastic about the feminist movement. As someone once said when they were misquoting Field of Dreams, “If you build it, they will...
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Why Doesn’t Batman Ever Smile? Part 1
The first part of a provocative chapter on the hidden world of teenage boys, from the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes. A must-read for parents of boys. The following is an excerpt from Masterminds...
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Why Doesn’t Batman Ever Smile? Part 2
Part two of Rosalind Wiseman’s groundbreaking new book on the world of teenage boys. The following is the second part of an excerpt from Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard...
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Why Pickup Artistry is So Toxically Tempting to Men
When guys can’t believe in their natural power, they’ll believe in magic tricks. — Given that men and women are far more alike than different, and that most people are predominantly heterosexual,...
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