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 […]
This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. Men may have finally broken the style barrier. The New York Times’ style magazine T recently offered pages of snazzy geometric sweaters, elegant leather bags, luscious silk scarves and jewel-toned fabrics—all in anticipation of Fashion Week, the glamorous biannual party where designers show off their new […]
Hugo Schwyzer spoke with legendary sociologist and author of the Guy’s Guide To Feminism, Michael Kimmel, and his son, Zachary, about being a male feminist, and how parents today can raise their sons to not fall victim to outdated gender stereotypes. It’s a scary time to raise a son. Even if one suspects (as I […]
Tina Rodia sells health and beauty products to equal parts men and women. The longstanding gender stereotype that men are blind to their own measure of grooming and healthy discipline, or lack thereof, is both true and false. The same goes for the stereotype of the over-preening, hypercritical woman drowning in products and the compulsion […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why The GOP Can’t Win Over The Single Ladies by Hanna Rosin of Slate.com says for weeks before the convention we’d been hearing about how Mitt Romney was set to endear himself to women and […]
Edwin Lyngar offers his take on the recent sexual harassment allegations at Homeland Security. It’s the classic “man bites dog” story. The chief of the staff at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Homeland Security has gone on “voluntary leave” following allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination. The case is only unusual because […]
When single, straight men choose to live together, we see them as childish…but why? Last week, The New York Times did a story about a seemingly curious phenomenon: four unmarried straight men, not related to each other and approaching 40, who have lived together for 18 years in various apartments in New York City. On […]
What does the sudden popularity of Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte—a “beautiful idiot”—say about women’s desires? It is the year—or at least the Olympic Games—of the “himbo.” Though his medal total in London fell short of the astonishing standards of his teammate, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte has rocketed to fame in 2012 on the basis of […]
Hugo Schwyzer says that while the three men who took bullets for their girlfriends in the Aurora, Colo., shootings are definitely deserving of recognition, more women have died for men throughout history. Twenty-eight years ago this week, I sat mesmerized in a Monterey movie theater, watching Prince’s Purple Rain. Though almost every song in the […]
Originally appeared on the Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Real intimacy, unlike sex or hanging out, requires a vulnerability the man code prohibits. The other night while at dinner with some friends (all married or with someone) something occurred that is so common I barely took notice of it. One of the women […]
This originally appeared on Fem2.0. Republished here with permission. Like most women, I believe my male friends to be nice people. They don’t catcall or sexually harass women on the street, they are thoughtful and sweet, and they believe in women’s equality and gender justice like good progressives. And so I give them a break […]
This originally appeared on CharlieGlickman.com. Republished here with permission. Sex educator Charlie Glickman offers his reasons why more men should open up to the idea of anal sex. There are lots of things we can do to make the world a better place. We can reduce our consumption of irreplaceable resources, we can develop our […]
