“It bothers me when people look down on those who do dirty or the so called undesirable jobs.”

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These comments are from KKZ and Tom B. on “Ask the Feminist Answers: Definitions, Recommendations and Media Violence Against Men.”

US College Grads Under-Qualified for Employment

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Kirk McDonald tells the cold, hard truth about finding jobs after graduation.

Dear John: My Womanizing Roommate Is After a Girl I Like

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A flirty roommate, a disappointed friend after a job opportunity doesn’t pan out, and a mom who doesn’t want her son to study abroad.

10 Things Being a Waiter Taught Me about Being a Better Man

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Waiting tables can be an opportunity to develop skills from humility to leadership.

Workplace Bullying: A Chronic Corporate Disease

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Rakesh Malhotra, on how to detect against bullying in the workplace — even if it’s yourself.

Writing Outside the (Idiot) Box

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Dream of churning out laughs for the Hollywood machine? Do it from home, counsels Greg White, who finds freedom writing for anything but TV.

Eat the Rich

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Both the rich-defenders and the rich-haters are right in their own way, given what they’re focused on.

Why “What Do You Do?” is an Attack on Manhood

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Tom Matlack wonders why men are always defined by what they do, instead of who they are, or better yet, what they love.

Change Like You Mean It

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Rob Gould has never been a “half-in” kind of guy.

“Whether one sees combat or not, just being military can change a person in ways they may or may not be able to cope with.”

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This is a comment by pwlsax on the post “A War is a War is a War. Or is it?”

The Fear of Death

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It’s not just the fear of being judged, but the fear of our inevitable death that paralyzes us.

“Are men really status-seeking workaholics and passive couch potatoes? (One wonders where men today find time to overwork AND spend all day watching porn.)”

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This is a comment by wellokaythen on the post “The Single Biggest Obstacle Facing Boys and Men Today”.

“Every change in this society has come at the expense of men.”

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This is a comment by soullite on the post “The Single Biggest Obstacle Facing Boys and Men Today”.

Ten things I’ve learned from workplace politics

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Be strategic about what is important.

“The number 1 thing hurting women [...] this millennium is unregulated crony capitalism.”

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This is a comment by Max on the post “Top 10 Worst Things to Happen to Women This Millennium”.