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Are Women Delaying Marriage Because They're Being Too Picky?
By Hugo SchwyzerApril 21, 2013
A new study reports on the rising average age of first marriage in the United States. While 20-something men delay for reasons that are primarily financial, women are described as overly picky and fearful. It may have been easy to miss in the recent wall-to-wall coverage of the Supreme Court and gay marriage, but a new study out this month heralds more “bad” news for the state of h...Posted in Current Events, Hugo, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
The Real Problem With Sexualization Isn't Victoria's Secret
By Hugo SchwyzerApril 14, 2013
One girl’s source of embarrassment can be another’s source of pride, says Hugo Schwyzer. “I’m going to be a cheerleader.” Those were the confident words of my four year-old daughter Heloise on a Sunday afternoon last month. We were in a hotel in Anaheim, getting ready for the Passover holiday. The same Hilton was packed to the gills with cheerleaders aged 5-18, a...Posted in Culture and Politics, Hugo, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
A Difficult Woman: Why Elizabeth Wurtzel Is A Narcissist Who Still Matters
By Hugo SchwyzerJanuary 08, 2013
Hugo Schwyzer responds to former feminist icon and author Elizabeth Wurtzel's cringe-worthy essay in New York magazine. “I don’t want to end up like that." So tweeted my 25 year-old friend Danni in response to Elizabeth Wurtzel’s rambling, wince-inducing Sunday night essay in New York Magazine. A young feminist icon in the 1990s for her books Prozac Nation and Bitch, Wurtzel...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Hugo, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Are Most Murder-Suicides Acts Of Misogyny?
By Hugo SchwyzerDecember 04, 2012
The recent murder of Kasandra Perkins by her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, and his subsequent suicide, calls into question the root cause of most murder-suicides. When I saw the news Saturday night, I shuddered. In a story that is far too familiar, another man had killed his girlfriend and then himself. Because the killer was a modestly famous athlete playing our most...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Gender Roles, Hugo, Manhood, nfti-home, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
Why It's OK To End A Friendship Over Political Differences
By Hugo SchwyzerOctober 29, 2012
Are abortion rights and gay marriage trivial enough issues to be set aside for the sake of a friendship? Election day can’t get here soon enough. It’s not just that millions of Americans (and hundreds of millions around the world) are anxious to find out whether Barack Obama will get a second term or if Mitt Romney will take his place. It’s that for many of us, friendships an...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Hugo, nfti-home, Politics | (0) Comments »
What Men Can Do To End Cyber-Bullying And Jailbait Porn
By Hugo SchwyzerOctober 22, 2012
Bringing an end to online bullying means understanding that cyber-predators are as much exhibitionists as they are voyeurs, says Hugo Schwyzer. It’s been a bad month for online bullies. The exposure of Violentacrez, (“the biggest troll on the web”) and the successful hunt for the man who hounded young Amanda Todd to suicide have made it clear that motivated journalists and cy...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Hugo, Internet and Social Media, Manhood, nfti-home, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
How Much Do Good Looks Help People In Our Culture?
By Hugo SchwyzerOctober 14, 2012
Saying your looks have opened doors for you sounds narcissistic, but not acknowledging the privilege your looks provide you is unfair and foolish. So what do you do? I’m a good-looking man. Those are dangerous, provocative, stupefyingly narcissistic words with which to begin an essay. They open me up to ridicule, to the mocking accusation that I am both deeply conceited and profoundly m...Posted in Class, Culture and Politics, Hugo, nfti-home, Race | (0) Comments »
The Shaming Of Kenneth Krause: Why Calling Out Bullies Is Good For Them And For All Of Us
By Hugo SchwyzerOctober 08, 2012
Hugo Schwyzer says shaming a bully isn't about silencing him, it's about making it clear that he's crossed a boundary. Is calling out bullies a form of bullying itself? Or is publicly calling out one’s tormentors a healthy catharsis for everyone involved, the bully included? That’s a question worth asking as millions share and discuss the video of television anchor Jennifer Livings...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Hugo, Internet and Social Media, nfti-home, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
Men Aren’t Weak, And Neither Are Muslims
By Hugo SchwyzerOctober 02, 2012
Just as nothing that is said justifies violence, nothing that is worn excuses rape or harassment, says Hugo Schwyzer. One of the great global debates of the 21st century concerns what, for lack of a better phrase, might be termed “provocation and its limits.” Last month, violence erupted in various parts of the Muslim world in response to a YouTube video that insulted the Prophet M...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Hugo, Internet and Social Media, nfti-home, Politics, Religion, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
I Don't Need Rock-Hard Abs To Be A Good Father And Husband
By Hugo SchwyzerSeptember 25, 2012
A former exercise addict, Hugo Schwyzer shares how he gave up marathons for fatherhood. “It’s time to go shopping for new pants,” my wife told me gently a few weeks ago. She was feeding our infant son; I was in the bathroom, getting dressed for a meeting, pulling on a favorite pair of jeans. The pants weren’t ripped or out of style—but they had grown too small for...Posted in Family, Fathers, Hugo, Husbands, Manhood, Marriage, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
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