Everyone always seems to forget than men can be victims of domestic abuse. And it can be physical, emotional, or sexual. According to a new report men make up 40% of reported victims. The problem is that many men don’t report what is going on and don’t get the help they need. Often they are ...
Feminism threw a wrench in the works, not only redefining womanhood, but in many ways obliterating the foundation of masculinity. Manhood for Amateurs is Michael Chabon’s attempt to explore the issue, yet it is blessedly free from lectures about the subject. It’s salvation lies in the tagline, which reads: The Pleasures and Regrets of a ...
Everybody loves superheroes. They save the world, defeat the bad guy, get the girl, and make life better. But did you know that the modern superhero is ruining teenagers’ social skills and grades at school? Prof Sharon Lamb surveyed 674 boys aged 4 to 18 and found that the superheroes of today are having a bad influence. These ...
I love skirts. They’re comfortable and allow for maximum movement and airflow. Infinitely better than shorts for keeping cool in the summer. Which is why I am so happy that men have finally discovered them. Hopefully the Japanese will do what the Scots failed at, and convince boys everywhere to drop trou and slap on ...
Men have sunk into a sweat-pant swaddled life, according to Details. This kind of whiny, pathetic existence will no longer cut it, and the world needs real men to handle the drama of the 2010s. Why can’t these lad mags just let the boys be?
Mick, Morning Quickie
A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
Testosterone’s has been shown in a study to “encourage decency and fair play”. It looks like in the battle between nature and nurture, in terms of men being more aggressive because of their hormones, that nurture has won this round. When they gave participants in the study a placebo, but they thought they had been given testosterone, ...
What is masculinity? Two new university men’s groups are coming under fire for daring to have meetings to attempt to answer the question. Apparently it is undermining feminism.
Mick // With their usual careful treatment of facts, the Daily Mail has declared that the pill “has put women off masculine men.” My love affair with Brad Pitt, like all great romances, was a complex thing. What it did, however, was prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that being on the pill does ...
The Daily Mail has published a story that attempts to explain how the contraceptive pill might cause women to be attracted to less masculine men and how taking the pill makes women less attractive to men. This is a great example of how scientific research is often drastically misrepresented by the media and how the ...
Dear Madame X, I suspect that one of my female co-workers might have a crush on me. I think...
After the publication of his fourth and most successful novel The Slap, which was turned into a TV miniseries...
The phrase “working mother” is redundant. ~Jane Sellman
Ali G interviews Naomi Wolf about feminism!
Some men are leg men. Some like bottoms. Some prefer breasts. Some men even like personalities. Me, I’m a...
Bloody Facebook. I knew there was a reason I became a reluctant convert. It’s all very well having hilarious...
Looks like the producers of Jersey Shore just got more than they bargained for! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, one of...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend has grown a beard and I hate it! Can I tell him to shave?...
