This article originally appeared on The Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Hugo Schwyzer tries to discern why even after several failed relationships with lesbians or lesbian types, his heart still flutters around short hair and strong jaws. I enjoyed reading last week’s A Girl Who Likes Boys Who Like Boys: The Joy of […]
This piece was originally posted on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. As we continue to assess the fall-out from the Penn State scandal, a near-consensus has developed that “Old Boys’ Networks” are a huge part of the problem. Whether they’re found in corporations or athletic departments or churches, Old Boys’ Networks often tend […]
This piece originally appeared on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze opens today* at the SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. A remarkable art exhibit, Man as Object deliberately centers the female gaze—and puts men’s bodies on display in a way that we rarely see. (See the exhibition’s Youtube video here. Warning: […]
This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Judging from what I read online and hear from my students, the question of the “number” is as compelling as ever. In February, Marie Claire ran an article, “What’s Your Number?” in which five women (whose numbers ranged from zero to 100) told their […]
This piece is a conversation between Hugo Schwyzer, a Gender Studies professor and Sex and Relationship Editor at the Good Men Project, and Nicole Rodgers, the President and co-founder of Role/Reboot. This article is cross-posted at Role/Reboot and the Good Men Project. Hugo: Both sexes regularly accuse the other of being inconsistent when it comes […]
In August the Huffington Post officially launched a new Women’s Section, prompting Nicole Rodgers to write an article for Role/Reboot asking when categorizing topics as “women’s issues” benefits women and when it’s simply a convenient excuse for the rest of the population to ignore women’s concerns. Nicole asked Hugo Schwyzer, a Gender Studies professor and […]
This post originally appeared on The Good Men Project. Republished with permission. In my previous column critiquing Catherine Hakim’s celebration of women’s erotic capital, I shared an anecdote about a student whom I called “Allee.” Allee was a young woman who could have been one of Hakim’s disciples, and in my previous piece, I shared the story […]
Two weeks ago, we hosted a PTA meeting at our house. (I’m heading into my second term as president of the parent-teacher association for my daughter’s school.) After the other board members had left, our dear friend (and PTA vice-president) Sheva stayed to chat. As my wife and I stood with the veep in the […]
Two of the Good Men Project’s regular columnists debate a perennial controversy: should the man pay on the first date? In the age of OK Cupid and PlentyofFish, first dates are as popular as ever, and so is the subject of first-date etiquette. Two of our regular columnists debate this controversy: should the man pay […]
Men’s cheating and sexual acting-out may be less about women and more about seeking status from other men. Marie Claire ran a story last Wednesday called “The Truth About Bachelor Parties.” It opens, as you might expect, with an anecdote about a groom going to a strip club with his friends and family members (including some […]
Combine insecurity with abundant opportunity, the prevailing wisdom goes, and every man’s a cheater … right? For the past two weeks, every day has brought a new article analyzing the seemingly perennial question of why men cheat. The sad saga of Anthony Weiner serves as the latest catalyst for all this punditry. Blame it on […]
