About Ted Cox

Ted Cox has never been to a Turkish prison. He hates bad beer and writing bios in the third-person. Follow his writing and speaking gigs on iheartcox.com.

Returned Badges, Presidential Opposition: Backlash to the Boy Scouts’ Anti-Gay Policies

August 14, 2012 By Ted Cox 9 Comments

The Boy Scouts continues its policy of banning openly gay scouts, leaders and even the children of gay parents.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: badges, BoingBoing, Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts of America, BSA, Burke Stansbury, children of gay parents, Christopher Baker, Eagle Scouts, gay scout ban, gay scout leaders, gay scouts, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Martin Cizmar, Mitt Romney, National Eagle Scout Organization, Northern Star Council, President Obama, scouting, scouting values, sexual orientaiton, suicide attempt, Towleroad, transgender scouts, Tumbler, White House, Will Partin, Willamette Weekly

Childless by Choice: The Reasons Why

August 3, 2011 By Ted Cox 3 Comments

Ted Cox discusses the growing child-free movement in North America. Why are more and more guys choosing not to be dads?

Filed Under: Families Tagged With: Childless by Choice, childlessness, Families, fatherhood, Laura S. Scott, Ted Cox

Waxing Insanity

June 3, 2011 By Ted Cox 15 Comments

Ted Cox investigates our nation’s strange, painful relationship with pubic-hair removal—and he has a Brazilian wax to show for it.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: Brazilian wax, Dr. Gary Goldenberg, gender roles, manscaping, masculinity, pubic hair, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Ted Cox, Valentine's Day

The Doomsday Publicist

May 18, 2011 By Ted Cox 10 Comments

Meet Tom Evans, the media rep for the May 21 apocalypse.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: apocalypse, christianity, Harold Camping, Judgment Day, May 21, Rapture, Ted Cox, Tom Evans

11 Rules for Working Out of a Coffee Shop

April 20, 2011 By Ted Cox 9 Comments

Your messy workspace is crimping your productivity. You’re lonely as hell. Head to the local beanery for a change of scenery. But don’t forget these essential rules.

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Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Best of Advice & Confessions, Featured Content Tagged With: barista, coffee, coffee shop, computer, computing, laptop, latte, Starbucks, wi-fi, Work Package

Why Men Are More Likely to Want Kids

March 30, 2011 By Ted Cox 40 Comments

Heterosexual single Americans now blur societal gender lines in respect to dating, love, and marriage.

Filed Under: Sex & Relationships Tagged With: Childless by Choice, eharmony, facebook, match.com, online dating, stay-at-home dad, Ted Cox, zoosk

Professor Under Fire for Hosting Live Sex Toy Demonstration

March 3, 2011 By Ted Cox 1 Comment

I graduated in 2003. Is it too late to transfer to NU?

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Newsroom Tagged With: Fox News, Fucksaw, John Michael Bailey, Northwestern, NU, Sex Ed, The Man Who Would Be Queen

Real Birth Control for Men Is Closer Than Ever

February 22, 2011 By Ted Cox 31 Comments

Men simply don’t have an effective, reversible form of birth control comparable to the female pill. What’s taking so long?

Filed Under: Best of Good Men Project Magazine, Best of Health, Editors' Picks, Featured Content, Health, Psych, & Addiction Tagged With: abstinence, birth control, Childless by Choice, condoms, male birth control, marriage, men, relationships, sex, the Pill, vasectomy

Childless by Choice: My Parents Made Me Do It

January 27, 2011 By Ted Cox 25 Comments

What motivates a man to get sterilized? Financial reasons, relationship issues—or something deeper?

Filed Under: Best of Ethics & Values, Best of Good Men Project Magazine, Ethics & Values Tagged With: Childless by Choice, fatherhood, sterilization, Ted Cox, vasectomy

I’m Proud of My Vasectomy

January 13, 2011 By Ted Cox 79 Comments

Ted Cox’s mom cried when she found out that he had a vasectomy at 28, but he has no regrets. His new column looks at the reasons more men are opting out of fatherhood.

Filed Under: Best of Ethics & Values, Best of Good Men Project Magazine, Editors' Picks, Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: Childless by Choice, children, fatherhood, Parenthood, Ted Cox, vasectomy

Undercover at a Christian Gay-to-Straight Conversion Camp

December 6, 2010 By Ted Cox 77 Comments

Ted Cox took on the identity of a closeted Mormon for a weekend of crying, singing, and wrestling. It was the first time he felt another man’s erection.

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Filed Under: Best of Ethics & Values, Best of Good Men Project Magazine, Editors' Picks, Ethics & Values, Featured Content, Trending Tagged With: alternet, Christian, Gay to straight, homosexuality, Journey into Manhood, Mormon, new warrior training adventure, Ted Cox

Good Feed Blog

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Social Media for the Socially Conscious

One “ragtag group of ruffians” with a mission plus a global community make Upworthy.com a social media site that makes a difference.

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All-Male Urban School, All College Bound

For an astounding fourth year in a row, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Acadamies’ schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall.

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Entire Town Gifts Triple Amputee Veteran with Dream Wedding

Residents of Temecula, CA, gifted Marine Corporal Juan Dominguez and his wife, Alexis, with everything they needed for a perfect wedding to show their gratitude for his service to the country.