Being the man you want to be often means escaping the box you are in. There is no bigger box than our education system. It is so big, so pervasive that we don’t realize its effect. After a few …
It Doesn’t Pay to Be a Man
In her New York Times article “The Declining Demand for Men”, Nancy Folbre says there is something that makes this recession unique for men: The Great Recession has sometimes been dubbed the …
Why Are Emotions So Hard for Us?
Are you born to fight? Maybe – you are born to hunt. As men, we are the hunters of the hunter-gathers. We are born to provide and protect. If need be, we will fight. It is in that fight we see the …
The End of Men – The Start of Freedom
Hanna Rosin, the author of the Atlantic Magazine article, The End of Men, speaks articulately in her TED talk about what we all are feeling – the shift in our roles as men and women. As she points …
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The Army Understands the Generations
Matt Carmichael in his Ad Age article interviews Tammy Erickson, the writer of a trilogy of books about generations in the workplace. The most recent is What's Next, Gen X? Matt ends the interview …
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Two New Films on Men
Frederick Marx, the man who brought us the film Hoop Dreams, is finishing up two films that pertain to men’s emotional health. Veteran’s Journey Home is about our vets returning home from the Middle …