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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What if They Had a Gender War and No One Came

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This is what Lisa Hickey thinks of the so-called gender battle: we’re all in it together.

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Low And Slow: My Sequel to Dad’s Sex Talk

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Tomas Moniz takes a cinematic look at a father, three kids, the evil media, and the perils of sex education.

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The Ethics of Vocabulary (Sexual and Otherwise)

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Lisa Hickey believes that some words are used to create intimacy and some to marginalize. And perhaps, by allowing all words to be said, we can marginalize less and connect more.

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A Passionate Rant About Oliver

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Renee Suzanne Cole will do whatever it takes to give her children the opportunities they deserve.

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National ‘Let Your Boy Be a Girl’ Day

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Boys will discover their own interpretations of their gender if they’re given the freedom to explore masculinity—and femininity—on their own, Soraya Chemaly writes.

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Screwed: Adventures of the World’s Un-Handiest Dad

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With the help of friends, owner’s manuals, and ballcocks that just won’t stay in place, CJ Kaplan is finally learning how to be a handy man.

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I Married a Lesbian

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Hugo Schwyzer tries to discern why even after several failed relationships with lesbians or lesbian types, his heart still flutters around short hair and strong jaws.

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Lesbians and Their Straight Bro’Friends

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And why there’s no equivalent to “fag hag” when straight guys are friends with lesbians.

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Child Sex Trafficking in the USA: What Really Goes On

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A soldier talks about her journey into human trafficking rescue.

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Insurance

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“When I pulled into my father’s driveway, the car’s headlights illuminated him standing behind his work table, his Labrador, Scotty, stretched across the table’s surface.” By John Warner

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