Do some women who encourage men to be more emotional and engaged, end up losing respect for the men who do so?
Are Men Needy? No, Men are Good!
September 19, 2012 By 42 Comments
Men aren’t needy. Men yearn for love of all kinds—romantic, sexual, fatherly, in work, in friendship.
The Best of GMP’s Family and Relationship Writing
August 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
Some of our favorite stories about men’s relationships with the partners and their families.
Louis CK and the Brilliantly-Crafted Feminism vs Comedy Joke
July 19, 2012 By 58 Comments
Joanna Schroeder thinks feminists should take another look at the Louis CK joke that pits feminists against comedy.
Men and Feminism: A Good Men Project Roundtable
June 28, 2012 By 22 Comments
If there’s one thing we’re all about here at the Good Men Project, it’s discussion.
Why Being a Good Man is Not a Feminist Issue
June 28, 2012 By 350 Comments
In the end I think we all want the same thing: a new kind of macho in which men are allowed to express themselves as fully formed human beings who change diapers, are capable of intimacy, do meaningful work, and aspire to goodness in whatever way they define it.
Men’s Goodness Hinges on Hearing Women’s Voices: A Response to Tom Matlack
June 28, 2012 By 74 Comments
Hugo Schwyzer sees a world where men can be better, happier and different by including women’s voices in the telling of stories about men.
Brian Presley and Melissa Stetten: Two Jerks Don’t Make a Right
June 11, 2012 By 127 Comments
Joanna Schroeder resents that passive-aggressive live-tweeter Melissa Stetten is being held up as some sort of model of feminist activism.
The Tyranny of the Six Pack?
June 8, 2012 By 15 Comments
An examination of men’s relationship with body images and and excerpt from Hugo Schwyzer’s critique of Noah Brand’s body image project “I’m Stark Naked: Deal With It”.
Open Thread: Could a Female Editor-in-Chief Get Away With Full Frontal Like Noah Brand Did?
May 26, 2012 By 96 Comments
Let’s be honest with ourselves here… If it were one of the female editors here at GMP, would we be considered cheap, or slutty for posing nude? Would we be picked apart for our flaws in a way that Noah is not?
Parsing the Hard Science of
AshleyMadison.com
May 4, 2012 By 16 Comments
When considering the “Cheating Dads of Brooklyn” be wary of soft data and hard ambitions.
On “Creep” and “Creep-Shaming”
April 25, 2012 By 1 Comment
In this recent Jezebel article, Hugo Schwyzer discusses the insult “creep” and MRA backlash against “creep-shaming.” All quotes below are from Schwyzer’s article. Schwyzer claims that men dislike “creep” more than most insults because “[‘creep’] isn’t rooted in misogyny,” and, instead, names “how [a man] makes women feel.” It “forces men to reflect carefully about [...]
Is Creep-Shaming Real?
April 24, 2012 By 138 Comments
Joanna Schroeder believes that comparing the word “slut” with the word “creep” is a false equivalence. But that doesn’t mean she thinks calling guys creeps is okay.
The Five Types of Men You Will Meet
March 4, 2012 By 182 Comments
From assholes to nice guys, Chuck Rudd covers the floor on the different types of men you will meet.
“Help! I hate my husband.”
January 30, 2012 By 119 Comments
The most popular HuffPost over the weekend said exactly what I did about men and women, and got the opposite response.
Rape Culture: Men, Women, and Power
January 6, 2012 By 257 Comments
The only people who think all men are rapists, Soraya Chemaly writes, are, well, rapists.
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.