Open Thread: Why Are Men Reluctant to Write About Marriage?

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Most of the submissions to the Marriage Section come from women. Gint Aras continues to wonder if this is a symptom of something greater.

Open Thread: Men, How Do You Want to Move Forward? What is Important to You to Talk About?

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What do you want to see covered here? What is important to you that you talk to with your friends, family, or children that you’d like to see here?

“Surprisingly, meth addicts have helped some courts see beyond the mother=automatic custody paradigm.”

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Rick knows personally of a few cases where the courts are starting to be less biased against men in custody battles. The way the tide turned for some? Seeing examples of meth addicts. What have you noticed in custody battles?

Ex-Spouses Get a Bad Rap

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Debunking the stereotypes of the deadbeat ex-husband and the money-grubbing, vindictive ex-wife.

This Much I Know To Be True

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Despite the fact that manhood has become a third rail of modern society, I refuse to stop talking about it.

10 Things I Want for Christmas

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My list for Santa is a little different than most.

“When you think about it, it does seem a little odd to associate testicles with courage.”

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This is a comment by wellokaythen on the post “Are Husbands Really Assholes? Or Do Their Wives Just Think They Are?”

“‘Having it all’ seems more like an attempt to be both a 1950′s dad and a 1950′s mom at the same time.”

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This is a comment by QuantumInc on the post “Are Men Lazy?”

Why I Hate Whole Foods

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I’m the kind of dad and husband who sometimes does the shopping and shares the cooking.

Do Guys Fight For Their Friendships? (Hint: NYT says “No”; I say “Hell, Yes”!)

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A new claim about what is wrong with men is vigorously refuted by the GMP founder.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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Near the end of a long life together, a husband finds himself alone with yet ” … promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”

Even Cavemen Have Souls

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The way Madison Avenue markets to men, and the way most media depicts men, sells short even the most average and superficially stereotypical among us.

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A 3-minute video on photography, fatherhood and surfing.

Why She Bought a Gun

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After domestic violence ends in a murder-suicide on the police station steps, some women begin to protect themselves and their loved ones with deadly force.

“A ‘head of the household’ belongs in a world where wives and children are property.”

This is a comment by Lars Fisher on the post “It Doesn’t Matter Who Wears the Pants: A Response to Hannah Rosin and The New York Times”.

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Grooms, send us your photos!