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The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffNovember 30, 2012
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The End Of Violent, Simplistic, Macho Masculinity by Thomas Page McBee of The Atlantic discusses how some men are trying to reform male culture by emphasizing compassion over aggression. 2. The War On Men by Suzanne Venker of FoxNews.com says the women’s movement is the enemy of mo...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Friday Five, Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
When Is It (Not) OK To Lie?
By Dr. Rob DobrenskiNovember 29, 2012
Psychologist Rob Dobrenski says if telling the truth only serves to alleviate the liar, perhaps it's better to keep it a secret. “Honesty is the best policy” is an ideology preached by many (although practiced by few, as research suggests that people lie, on average, one time per day). The reason for this is often obvious: Revealing the truth can lead to retribution. Misleading the...Posted in Infidelity, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
Admitting Something Is Wrong With Your Adopted Child
By Tina TrasterNovember 29, 2012
Tina Traster knew early on that something wasn't right with her adopted daughter, but admitting it meant possibly admitting that she'd made a mistake. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt make it look easy. They adopt kids from all corners of the world and the media broadcasts images of perfect Kodak moments. They’d have you believing families bond and blend instantaneously. They don’t. N...Posted in Family, Fathers, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
Does The Road To Equality Have To Include Potty Humor And Fart Jokes?
By Emily Heist MossNovember 28, 2012
There's more to equality than jumping on the raunch culture bandwagon. When the far right gets hysterical about gender roles, one of their go-to paranoid delusions is the accusation that feminists are trying to turn men into women and women into men. There are extremists in any movement, to be sure, but the majority of third wave feminists are not interested in eradicating the idea of gender, ...Posted in Culture and Politics, Emily, Feminism, Friday Five, Movies, nfti-home, Pornography, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Women Aren't The Only Ones Who Struggle With Body Image Issues
By Emilie LittlehalesNovember 28, 2012
Men may joke around more about their appearance, but that doesn't mean they're immune to body image issues. Ever since my niece was born seven years ago, I've worried about what will happen when another girl teases her about some aspect of her appearance. The way I see it, there's no chance that it won't happen; by virtue of the fact that she's female, my niece will at some point end up in a s...Posted in Gender Roles, Life, Manhood, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
What Chaucer Can Teach Us About 'The War On Men'
By Lynn BeisnerNovember 27, 2012
A much-needed men's revolution will first require a re-imagining of our social structure, says Lynn Beisner. One afternoon, I was in our university’s library, struggling to read Chaucer in the original Old English. A book on a nearby shelf caught my eye, and out of curiosity and a desperation to avoid any more of the Canterbury Tales, I picked it up. I wish I could remember the author or...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Feminism, Gender Roles, Lynn, Manhood, nfti-home, Nicole | (0) Comments »
Are Men Hard-Wired To Fix Things?
By Robert WilderNovember 27, 2012
Are men more likely to be harsh critics, and point out flaws in order to fix them? After having worked in restaurants and writing about them occasionally, I consider myself a fairly discerning diner. I don’t turn up my nose at an unfortunate choice in cutlery, but I have certain expectations for food and service, especially if I’m spending a decent amount of money. I have written a...Posted in Culture and Politics, Manhood, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
It's Time To Liberate Men
By Nicole RodgersNovember 27, 2012
The women’s movement isn’t the enemy of men, like Venker believes; instead, it can serve as inspiration for a new generation of men who wish to rewrite masculinity. The “war on men” article on the Fox News website, which—spoiler alert!—blames women for ruining modern men, has been snaking its way around the Internet the past few days and pissing off a lot of...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Feminism, Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home, Nicole | (0) Comments »
I Couldn't Wait For My Wife To Go Back To Work
By Keith MichaelsNovember 26, 2012
Losing a job is hard on any family—but does it matter more whose job was lost? I’ve been waiting for today for four years. Today I woke up and I knew my wife, Nicole, would be getting ready for work, and I knew she’d be leaving. In late 2008, I had an opportunity to travel to Kenya for a wedding. I went. Nicole had expressed concern about losing her job, but despite the cost...Posted in Gender Roles, Husbands, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Wives, Working Mothers, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Obnoxious Questions People Ask Me About Writing About My Dying Son
By Emily RappNovember 26, 2012
If Emily Rapp was a man, would people still ask her annoying questions about writing about her terminally ill son? Since I began writing about the experience of parenting my son Ronan, who is almost 3 years old and dying of a terminal illness, I’ve been asked this question several times: Don’t you feel strange about making money off your sick son? I am a writer; I write. This has...Posted in Emily Rapp, Family, Gender Roles, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
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