I Blow-dry My Son’s Hair

Why I blow dry My Sons Hair

From “poofy hair” to “warrior hair,” Todd Mauldin explains why some of the simplest rituals are the most awesome.

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The New Macho

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What does it mean to be ‘assertively, self-consciously male’ now?

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I Hate Rich Guys. Or Do I?

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If real life is so much more important than money, Tom Matlack writes, then why do so many men care about being rich?

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Dreams and Visions: On Being a Man After 3 Miscarriages in 20 Months

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Dave Sanfacon remains a father and a husband through the agonizing nightmare and another attempt at kids.

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Shuffling Feet: A Black Man’s View of Schroedinger’s Rapist

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A response to the argument of Schroedinger’s Rapist and an examination of anti-black racism.

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The Paradox of Male Honesty

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Joel Stein, Amanda Marcotte, Tom Miller, Dan Barrett and Todd Mauldin in a Socratic Roundtable about Honesty.

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It’s Just Lines and Lines and Then I Quote Jeff Mangum and Kanye West

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Gregory Sherl admits, “There is a girl I would like to share a tube of toothpaste with.”

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A Letter to My Future Son

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Max Dubinsky writes to his son before he is born.

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Why I Love the Gender Binary

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Lisa Hickey likes the lead and follow, teach and learn, and give and take of both the masculine and the feminine.

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Why I DO Want to Talk About Race

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Tom Matlack believes that goodness involves reaching across boundaries to search for truths he did not even know existed.

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Onward to 2012: But First, a Look Back at the Top 12 stories of 2011

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2.5 million visitors read over 2,500 stories and articles on The Good Men Project in 2011. Here is a handful of the most popular.

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The Army Vet Who Pisses His Pants at the Sight of a Needle

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Jamie Reidy’s fear of needles is getting better, but he’s still taking it a step at a time.

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From Very High Up

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Ed Bull goes skydiving and lives to tell the tale.

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Tackled by a Neurologist: Redefining Male Touch

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The basis of a healthy and communicative relationship, Ben Kassoy writes, is touch.

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The Pick-Up Artist

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How one dad saw divorce as an opportunity to be a better father. I wrote this shortly after my divorce, when I first began to sense the opportunity before me: not a second chance to be an authentic dad, but a first. I share it hoping it’ll help newly-separated dads understand and recognize the road [...]

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Human Equality: An Allegory

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Lori Day writes a Dystopian allegory in a quest for understanding how to talk about equality.

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