How Do Men See Themselves?

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Dove asks women a question that men should be asking, too.

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I Like That My Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend Is Hairy

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Why another man’s back hair makes me happy.

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My Gain, Your Loss: Hair Removal, Feminism, and Interdependence

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An ideology that lacks compassion for half of humanity will not secure freedom for anyone.

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Average Size … for a Black Man: Penis Size Myths, Racism, and the Patriarchy

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Myths about Black men’s prowess reinforce racist stereotypes about Black men.

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The Intact-ivists

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A diverse group of men who are opposed to circumcision share a common, if unorthodox, mission—to restore their foreskins.

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Why Black Women Also Fear Black Men

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Though the fear of black men by white people is based on racist stereotypes, black women’s fear is rooted in a lifetime of experience.

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A Boy and His Penis

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JD Roberto wishes he could avoid sending his five-year-old son mixed messages about his sexuality.

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The Circumcised Poet and Other Tales

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No matter what has been cut away, what remains is whole.

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A Few of My Favourite Things

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Talk of appearances leads Donald D’Haene to discover his friends’ inner beauty.

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Stop Mocking Chris Christie about His Weight

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Why is it okay to be cruel to conservative men?

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Suck It Up

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Greg White learns the hard way after liposuction: Quick, painless solutions to long festering problems are the stuff of campaign promises, not physical reality.

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Bank Walkers and the Code of the Locker Room

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There are two types of guys—bank walkers, as they say in Texas, are guys who are unashamed about their nakedness. Drew Diaz on the man code and gym culture.

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There Is Nothing Wrong With Being a Gym Rat

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How Peter Ross got over his presumptions about the gym, and made one of the best decisions of his life.

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Hair and Identity

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In his search for an image, Christopher Banks found himself.

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Am I Less Than a Man?

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Do you have to look the part to be a “real man”? Turner Wright questions his body type.

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Human First, Dom Second

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What does it mean that the popular image of the male dominant is a paragon of sadistic power?

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