I’d like to thank Bo – the wild-eyed, cursing attendant at my local towing company – for reminding me what it means to be a man. He rattled my core without intending or realizing it, and I became a little better for it. So thanks, Bo. A few weeks ago, my wife threw me a […]
Earlier this year, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States showed that fatherhood leads to a drop in testosterone. Fathers who are most actively involved in child rearing and caretaking experience the biggest decline. These findings, far from suggesting that men become wimps as they become […]
My grandma adores my husband to the point where she’ll call ask how I am, interrupt me mid-sentence, and request I pass the phone to her ‘new grandson’. Between the two of us, he’s definitely higher on her favourites list right now. (Meanwhile, I’m quietly hoping the novelty of a ‘grandson’ will wear off and […]
This piece was originally published on Grist. Republished with permission. Contraception has long been the province of women. Isn’t it about time for men to get in on the game? It’s obvious why women have historically been the main consumers of birth control — we’re the ones who get pregnant, give birth, and in many […]
This post was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. I write this post for two reasons. I write in honor of the women in my life who have fought breast cancer, as this is Breast Cancer Awareness month. And I write in response to the September 23, 2011 study in Science Magazine titled “The Pseudoscience […]
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 originally appeared on The Current Conscience. Republished with permission. Seven months ago I began actively writing about women. Two months ago I launched a website featuring my point-of-view. I discuss issues that brilliant women writers and commentators have already written and talked about for many years—these women are much more talented than I […]
This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project as part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, HyperVocal, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone, The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. I like my balls. They’re my balls, I have them, they’re of me. Do my balls define […]
This piece is part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from HyperVocal, Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone,The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. As we consider of the question of the “end of gender” it’s important to think beyond the shifts we see in society and consider the […]
This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project as part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, HyperVocal, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone, The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. Jon Bois is an associate editor at SB Nation. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky. You can tweet at […]
This piece was originally published on YourTango as part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from HyperVocal, Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone,The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. My parents thought they were being clever when they decided to name their youngest daughter Jordan. They envisioned a grizzled executive […]
This piece is part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from HyperVocal, Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone,The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. I grew up in a working-class family that places a high value on education. That’s why I’m immune to the economic, social, and personal turmoil […]
