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The Importance of Pecking Orders to Boys

April 6, 2013 by Nick Clements 14 Comments

male puberty, male adolescence, pecking orders, male status, belonging, boys, rites of passage

Should parents and teachers intervene in the jockeying for status endemic among adolescent boys?

Filed Under: Featured Content, Mentoring and Volunteering, Teenage Kicks, The Good Life Tagged With: Alpha males, belonging, beta males, Boys, boys clothes, boys friendships, boys sports, Fighting, fitting in, gamma males, geeks, group membership, jocks, male adolescence, male puberty, male status, pecking orders, peer pressure, rites of passage, social skills, trends

This is the REAL Harlem Shake — #SavetheShake (Video)

March 12, 2013 by Deanna Ogle Leave a Comment

I wanted to leap out of my chair and dance within ten seconds: the viral meme has nothing on the original dance.

Filed Under: Bits & Pieces Tagged With: belonging, city, Community, Culture, dance, dance crew, dancing, diversity, Expression, good in the community, Harlem, harlem shake, New York, unity, youth

Sex Is the Word

September 18, 2012 by Carl Pettit 2 Comments

Online news reports compete for our clicks with entertainment. Are we less well informed than ever?

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content, Root Down, The Good Life Tagged With: belonging, Brave New World, celebrities, Community, desire, entertainment, events, fourth estate, gossip, headlines, how often men think of sex, journalism, Miley Cyrus, mobile technology, money, naked women, news reporting, non procreative sex, online news, politics, reporting, sex, Sex and Relationships, sexual reproduction, shame, War, world events, world news

“Black people find it difficult to identify as just ‘American’ is because we’re not seen that way.”

August 3, 2012 by the Editors 10 Comments

This is a comment by dragnet on the post “Gabby Douglas Wins Gold – Black Girls Rock!”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: african-american, American, belonging, black, competition, gold, identity, London Olympics, nationality, Olympics, Olympics 2012, race, USA, women, women's gymnastics

Why Men Have Trouble With Intimacy, Part II

July 30, 2012 by Bill Cloke 9 Comments

Men with emotions aren’t feminine, but our cultural attitudes suggest otherwise. Dr. Bill Cloke on being a real man who talks about his feelings.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sex & Relationships Tagged With: alpha, belonging, communication, Community, couples, difficulty, Divorce, Dr. Bill Cloke, ego, emotions, feminization, Friendships, gender differences, heterosexuality, hubris, influence, intimacy, John Gottman, male, masculinity, receptivity, relationships, sex, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes, strength, talking, trouble, vulnerability

Inoculated Against Mid-Life Crisis

July 29, 2012 by Jason Henry 2 Comments

Successful resolution of a life stage builds resistance against ensuing crises.

Filed Under: Quarter-Life Crisis, The Good Life Tagged With: belief, belonging, career, christianity, college, coming of age, Community, family values, identity, life-stage, marriage, mid-life crisis, quarter-life crisis, religion, The Good Life, younghood

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Facing the Reality of Men Who’ve Been Raped By Women

An article in The Atlantic exposes the reality of male survivors who’ve been assaulted by females, including Don Draper, the main character in the show Mad Men.

Courtnay Midkiff is Walking Cross Country to Raise Awarness of a Rare and Deadly Disease

For the past three months, 23-year-old Courtnay Midkiff has been on a journey, walking across the country for a cause that is special to his heart.

Pregnant Boys: Chicago’s Teen Pregnancy Campaign Sparks Conversation

Chicago is shocking the world with its 2013 teen pregnancy prevention campaign, which features pregnant teenage boys.

Supreme Court Rules Proof of Citizenship Not Required for Voter Registration

The Supreme Court has ruled against an Arizona law that requires voters to provide proof of citizenship in addition to a driver’s license before they can register to vote.