Defining Masculinity
If it is sometimes hard to be a woman, being a man is hardly a walk in the park either. Men die earlier than women, are more likely to be…
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In Defense of Dick: Paying the Penis Its Proper Respect
One torrid summer day in Montreal a few years back, a high-powered publicist asked me if I wanted to go shopping with her for a vibrator.
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An Alternative Explanation for Male Violence
Dr Julia Shaw has published an article in Psychology Today, challenging the notion that men are naturally more violent than women. Disturbed by the fact that prisoners are overwhelmingly male,…
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Why Traditional Masculinity is Good for Academia
Male sex (and manliness in particular) should be important criteria for admissions and hiring committees. Here’s why. Strange things have happened in academia. In the late 1960s, Derrida and Lévi-Strauss…
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We Need Stoicism More Than Ever: A Response to the New APA Guidelines
Recently, the American Psychological Association took aim at “traditional masculinity,” when they released their “first-ever guidelines for practice with men and boys.” They summarize these as follows: Once psychologists began…
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Identity: Knowing What It’s Like To Be Something
Like most people who hang around on social media, now and again I come across an exchange which goes like this: “I think such-and-such,” “How dare you think such-and-such? You’re not…
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Lipstick, Pussy Power and Toxic Femininity
A harmful myth has been circulating recently which I feel called upon to counteract. Some have called it “toxic femininity.” I’ve seen it expressed, to varying degrees, in Jordan Peterson’s…
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The Task Facing Masculinity.
“I think everyone would agree the world would be a better place if we had less testosterone.” My friend shared this quote with me in bemusement after he heard it…
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