Health, Psychology & Addiction

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Our Mission: The Vasectomy Files 8

The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.

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Sex & Relationships

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Why You Suck at Online Dating

Kelle Sparta offers 14 tips to help show the world the best parts of yourself – instead of the worst.

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How Narcissism Harms Your Relationships

How to shut up and listen: Lion Goodman’s advice on how to improve our relationships by becoming more empathetic and less self-centered.

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Dads & Families

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Boy Scouts Policy Is One Step Forward, One Shove Back in the Closet

To tell a gay kid they’re allowed to join, but that a gay adult is unfit to be a leader is a backhanded shove into the closet.

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When Kids Graduate, Parents Celebrate

Graduating from preschool is nothing compared to the everyday milestones that make parents’ lives easier

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Men’s Work

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How Boston Teaches Us About Purpose

Chris Kyle says the bravery of Carlos Arredondo in the Boston bombing aftermath exemplified a purpose moment.

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Reviews, Commentary, and Fiction from MCofA

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What a Female Pro Wrestler Taught Me About Courage

NC Harrison reflects on the career-ending injury suffered by his favorite female pro wrestler, a woman whose achievements he admired and whose hurts he understood.

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Social Justice

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Individualism’s Only Remedy

Nonprofits are America’s antidote to its own rampant individualism.

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Ethics & Values

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Ghettotainment: Charles Ramsey and the Rise of Racial Tourism

Nico Lang wonders if the real reason we’re interested in Charles Ramsey is not because he’s a hero, but rather because he confirms our stereotype of the “hilarious Black neighbor.”

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Like This Essay

As Art Edwards scrolls Facebook, he “likes” a bunch of stuff… But does he actually LIKE any of it?

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Arts & Entertainment

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Johnny Cash: Life, Love, and the Magic of Being Your Badass Self

Chantele Theroux on how to live and love like the Man in Black.

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Sports

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Champions League Preview: Bayern Munich v. Borussia Dortmund

This weekend’s European Champions League final is the first all-German one in the tournament’s storied history. Rick Sargent offers a quick preview.

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Business Ethics

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Can They Hear You Listening?

Ken Goldstein talks about the challenges and rewards of mentoring people at the top.

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5 Guys Talking: Men of Action

An AIDS activist, a Christian missionary, a wilderness first responder, and a revolutionary rock star… Premium Members talk to four men who’ve made it their lives’ work to help other people, and how any of us can be prepared to take action in a crisis.

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Mad Men Season 6

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The Child is the Father of the Man – Mad Men, Episode 8

Abigail Rine recaps Mad Men’s Episode 8, where the office gets high on uppers, and it’s revealed that Don Draper’s sex addiction may link back to having been raped as a teenager.

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International Men’s Movement

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Do Men Prefer Feminism, Football or Fight Club?

f we want men to talk about men’s issues then we have to stop dressing them up in feminist clothing says Glen Poole, our international men’s movement editor

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How I Quit Writing

Fed up with rejection, Tim Stobierski quits writing, and discovers that there are some things you can’t stop doing without changing who you are.

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Monday, Monday: The First Day on My New Job at Penthouse

An excerpt from Steve Belanger’s new book: My Penthouse Past: Failing My Way Up the Corporate Ladder of an Empire Built of Skin.

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Fear in Watertown

“Love, Recorded” during one crazy week in the Boston area. Was the fear the same for everyone?

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How to Support a Loved One Who Is Dealing with Depression

What to do—and what not to do—to be supportive, and when to get more help—for your depressed loved one and for yourself.

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All I Ever Wanted Was a Cheeseburger

Growing up Orthodox Jewish in Houston, Texas in the 1950s and ’60s, the mixing of dairy and meat was forbidden.

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Jump or Step Back: The Vasectomy Files 6

Jonathan Stack explains, “There is a world of new things to try and new ways of trying them and being open to a more spiritual relationship with my own sexuality, one not driven strictly by biology, is exciting.”

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“Man Up” – On Art and Masculinity in London

Zakia Uddin examines the issue of defining a “universal man” , and what it really means to “man up”.

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All That Existed Was Her Mouth, And That Strawberry Red Lipstick

Gint Aras’ first kiss, on the shores of Lake Michigan, comes back to him every time he washes his face.

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Op-Eds

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Superheroes Are Humans, Too [OpEd]

Hollywood movies ignore the humanity of the men underneath the masks. Their internal struggles are as important as their superpowers.

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Conflict

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The Politically Correct Terrorist

How do we define terrorism? Carl Pettit takes a closer look.

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100 Acts of Male Goodness

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#52: The Documentarian

He learned of Thailand’s brutal sex trade. Then he looked into himself…

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Marriage

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Inspiration Following Divorce In Middle Age

It’s unfair to feel sorry for ourselves just because we’ve reached a certain age. In middle age, divorce can ignite us with energy.

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A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety

Life coach Steve Horsmon reveals a secret: guys, your wife expects you to know what emotional safety means to her.

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Violence and Trauma

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Outreach, Advocacy and Healing for All

How do we best create healing and resources for sexual violence victims on our college campuses?

MegaSAHD: Mark Greene

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A Simple Guide for Looking at Women on the Street: Glancing Vs. Staring

I don’t hold eye contact, I don’t look for more than a second and I don’t let my gaze linger. I do all these things out of respect for one simple fact.

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In Good Faith

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If Cheerleaders Don’t Convert You, Chuck Norris Will

Sorry, Chuck, winning a lawsuit so cheerleaders can hoist Bible banners at Texas high school football games actually isn’t a win for religious liberty.

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Weekend Fiction

On Sal Mal Lane

The Last Perfect Day: An Excerpt from ON SAL MAL LANE

“Mr. Niles’s words rang in his ears: Long ago, he was just a boy like you.” By Ru Freeman

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Prison

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Locked Down for Having Dreadlocks

Injustices, large and small, abound in prison. California prison inmate Spoon Jackson, a teacher and poet, is wrongly identified as a gang member and placed on lockdown.

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Advice & Confessions

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Creativity: The Shameful Truth

Let me ask you a question. In your opinion, what personality trait is mostly likely to lead to a life filled with failure? By Shane Burroughs.

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Dear John: Boyfriend’s Sexy Talk A Total Turnoff

A guy saying suggestive things in front of her son, a coworker who got mailed pot, and a couple on opposite ends of the political spectrum.

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Politics

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Bush in Rehab

Can George W. Bush’s presidency be redeemed? Greg Olear takes a closer look.

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Gender & Sexuality

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For The Love Of God, Please Stop Saying “Bromance”

Kate Conway explains how the “bromance” label implies that the deepest emotional connection a straight guy can form with someone else is to date them.

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Editors’ Picks

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What Good Is Gratitude When the World Is Tearing Apart?

When destruction threatens our ability to hope, gratitude is a balm.

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The Discomfort of the Mirror: Silver Linings Playbook, Bipolar, and Me

Ryan W. Bradley squirms through a film about a man like he was, not long ago: undiagnosed, violent, and about to hit bottom.

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One Shot Away from Combustion: A Family of Angry Men

David Stanley sees four generations of angry men in his family. Will they be able to control their tempers, or will the tempers control them?

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On Strength, Beauty, and Strongman Contests

Strongman NC Harrison is comfortable in his very large body, even if he confounds the expectations of others.

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Rich Man, Poor Man

Why should the obscenely rich scale back so they’re just extremely rich?

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One Tough Mother

Novelist Benjamin Percy finds inspiration and fortitude in his mother, who once, in her third trimester, butchered an elk for 1,000 lbs of meat.

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Doppelgänger

Chris Wiewiora is constantly aware of being compared to ‘the old Chris’—his new girlfriend’s previous boyfriend.

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Startup America Needs to Look More Like America

Kalimah Priforce wonders: where are the startups of color?

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I’m a Terrible, Awful Parent

Does our childish behavior make us bad parents? William Lucas Walker shares a snapshot of his own experience.

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A Married Man’s Sexual Epiphany

Sexually frustrated men often claim that women hold the sex card. Life coach Steve Horsmon disagrees.

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To Defend a Terrorist

Tamar Birckhead reflects on representing the shoe bomber and, now, on helping those who represent the Boston bomb suspect.

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How Do You Measure a Year?

From an extramarital affair to cancer, the last 525,600 minutes of John Taylor’s life have been tough. But he’s going to remember it by all of the love that grew.

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Good Grief

A generation later, Kile Ozier believes the gay community has still not healed from the ravaging shame and grief that accompanied the AIDS crisis.

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I Let My Son Fall and Fail

A playground encounter forces a dad to assert his right to parent.

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But Now I See

Steven Holcomb was a world champion bobsledder. But he had a secret. He was going blind. Here is an excerpt from his new memoir.

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A Liberal and a Gun Nut Walk Into a Blog

The debate over gun control and 2nd Amendment rights is stuck in an us vs them mentality

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I Am a Survivor, and I Can Finally Talk About It

Levi Greenacres feels anything but big and strong when he thinks about his rape, and the rapes of the people he loves.

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I’m a Male Nurse – So What?

Brett Adamson became a nurse because he wanted to help people, but he quickly discovered that as a man, you’re never just a nurse, you’re always a “male nurse.”

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Dear Mr. President, Our Nation’s Boys Need Your Attention

Mark Sherman, a big fan of the President, asks him to call the nation’s attention to the problems facing boys and young men.

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How Teens Drink

Before the energy drink slash cocktail and butt-chugging, there was “The Watermelon Crawl” and “Mr. Boston’s.”

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Guyhood

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Going Through Guyhood

Meet Kevin Carty, the new editor of “Guyhood” – about the lives of young men in the world.

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Humor

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I Love Being British

Funny girl Emily Hartridge lists 10 Reasons why it’s great to be British

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