Yes, Ms. Warner, There Is a Boy Crisis

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Mark Sherman finds serious issues with Judith Warner’s assertion that “boys are doing just fine.”

The Data Revolution in Sports

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Tracing sports’ data revolution, Liam Day wonders what it means for masculinity and where we go from here.

Why We Fail at Keeping Resolutions

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Joanna Schroeder examines evidence that New Year’s resolutions are doomed to fail—and ponders how to succeed at making meaningful change.

Brands In Memoriam 2012

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A moment for the brands that have ceased to be this year.

A Scientific Case for the Human Soul?

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So what happens when someone dies? Hameroff theorizes that the quantum processes previously taking place within the brain rejoin the larger proto-consciousness that exists in the universe. He proposes that, perhaps, this greater phenomenon of proto-consciousness of which we are a part, is what many would call “God.”

Mitt Romney’s “Wimp Factor”

Seriously, Newsweek? Are you so low on negative traits to describe Romney that you had to choose ‘wimp’? Do I have to make a list of negative things about him? Even if you ignore, you know, his policies (which should be the key point of any presidential race), there’s his abuse of his dog, his history [...]

Human First, Dom Second

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What does it mean that the popular image of the male dominant is a paragon of sadistic power?

Special Offers from Fast Company, Inc. and Newsweek for Good Men Project Readers

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Amazing low prices for yearly subscriptions to these three top magazines. Only for Good Men Project readers and only for a limited time.

Is Obama the ‘First Gay President’?

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HeatherN challenges the notion that President Obama can be considered The First Gay President, as Newsweek has titled him.

The Navy SEALs and Magical Thinking

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Tom Matlack looks at how the romanticization of U.S. Special Forces is linked to dangerous myths about manhood and war.

Dharun Ravi Is A Man

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Eric Henney believes the fact that Ravi’s bigotry was common and juvenile doesn’t make it any less damaging or dangerous

George Soros Warns Of Financial Collapse, Class Warfare And The Rise Of Evil

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“At times like these, survival is the most important thing.”

Men Who Buy Sex

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A male bashing researcher talks about the sex trade, and Tom Matlack questions the results.

Are You a Controlling Shrew if You Don’t Want Your Partner Using Porn?

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In the discussion about porn, Hugo Schwyzer wants Oscar and Ophelia to get the same amount of respect.

Does Buying Sex Make You a Criminal?

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A Boston-based study claims buying sex leads to violent crime.

“Are Most Men Like This”? Sex, Lies, and the Newsweek Study

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Hugo Schwyzer responds to Newsweek: “I’ve heard from many guys who tell me that they lie about porn (and the other kinds of sex they may buy) because, as one put it to me, ‘women go ballistic when you tell them the truth.’”