Humiliation at the Hands of an Icebreaker

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An insecure young man takes a drinking game as a challenge in personal development.

On Discussing Beauty

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Joanna Schroeder understands the cruel machinations of the beauty industry, but she doesn’t think that minimizes the authenticity of Tom Matlack’s admiration of his wife.

I Became an Escort

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Felicity Hodgman treated affairs like a drug, and men as disposable.

Not Quite In Charge, But Working On It

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Danny concludes the Body Image series with a summary.

Gay Men, Their Bodies, and Eating Disorders: Revisited

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Thomas Fewer asked GMP readers four questions about gay culture, men, and body image. Here’s what you told him.

Boys: The New Face of Anorexia

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Joanna Schroeder investigates the prevalence and causes of the increasing numbers of boys and men battling eating disorders, as well as the social stigma associated with what was once thought to be a “girls’ disease.”

On Eating Disorders and Being a Dude

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Eating disorders and negative body image are problems for men, also.

Gay Men, Their Bodies, and Eating Disorders

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Counselor Thomas Fewer starts a conversation on gay men, body image, and eating disorders with four questions.

Would You Let Your Son Play Football?

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Joanna Schroeder wonders what the recent deaths of NFL players say about the disposability of men in our culture.

Did My Son Inherit My Eating Disorder?

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For Pauline Gaines, the thought of her son having an eating disorder represents something bigger.

Beauty, Obsession, Men, and Women

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Is women’s obsession with beauty because of an intense desire to be attractive to men? And if so, is it a men’s issue?

Eating Disorders Are a Men’s Issue

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To my special friend in treatment please know I am pulling for you. I have been where you are now and, truly, it gets better.