Andrew Smiler, Ph.D., asks if a shift in gender stereotypes or economics is responsible for the increase in men in women-dominated professions in the United States. Over the last decade, the number of men in female-dominated professions has increased notably, according to New York Times reporters Shaila Dewan and Robert Gebeloff. Men are becoming teachers, […]
This originally appeared on The Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Agustín Fuentes points out that when it comes to men and women, what “everyone knows” isn’t what science shows. Everyone knows that men and women are really different. We think differently and act differently because we are wired differently. I mean look at […]
Vincent O’Keefe, a full-time stay-at-home dad, offers his take on the new romantic comedy What To Expect When You’re Expecting. On the promotional website for the film What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, author of the classic advice guide, declares: “As a passionate dad-vocate, I’ve been determined since the start of this process […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. In Praise of Single Mothers by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon of The Atlantic says that politicians accuse them of destroying “the fabric of this country” but, as one daughter attests, they’re holding society together. 2. Share […]
This originally appeared on The Achilles Effect. Republished here with permission. About a year ago, Lisa Bloom wrote an article called “How to Talk to Little Girls” in which she encouraged her readers to talk to young girls about who they are and what they do rather than how they look. I would like to […]
Justin Cascio reports on the changes he’s been through since he began taking testosterone more than 12 years ago. When I began transition at 24, I thought of it as getting to an end goal of looking like a man of my own age. The changes I went through in the first year got me […]
A few decades ago, calling an at-home dad “Mr. Mom” may have been as funny as the famous Michael Keaton movie, but times have changed, and Al Watts thinks that nickname should too. In 1983, a very funny movie starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr was released called Mr. Mom. It’s not so funny to […]
Title IX—legislation that created opportunities for women and girls to play sports in school—may have been instituted in the United States 40 years ago, but there’s still plenty of inequality on the playing field. After a high school boys’ baseball team forfeited a game recently rather than play against a girl, Hugo Schwyzer explores the […]
With suicide rates increasing for middle-aged men and women, Hugo Schwyzer says it’s not a stretch to suggest that loneliness may have played as great a role in Junior Seau’s suicide as traumatic brain injury. Last week’s tragic suicide of NFL great Junior Seau has re-opened the debate about the long-term impact of traumatic brain […]
In response to a 1997 Glamour magazine article “30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She’s 30” currently making its way around the social media circuit, Hugo Schwyzer offers his list for men of the same age. We’re a nation of list-makers. Or, more accurately, we’re a nation of list-readers […]
This originally appeared on The Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Society’s expectations of manliness can cause men to keep their passions in the closet. Here’s a hypothetical scene from a movie or commercial that you’ve probably seen over and over. A group of “bros” are hanging out when one of their phones rings […]
Eric Sentell argues that the real reason for the Secret Service’s use of prostitutes in Colombia isn’t necessarily about a man’s need for sex, but that men crave validation from their peers, and never want to be the “wet blanket” in the group. The recent scandal of U.S. Secret Service and military personnel carousing in […]
