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Shame Is Why We Fight

January 6, 2013 By Vironika Tugaleva 29 Comments

When a man can’t soothe his woman’s anxieties, he has failed to protect her. And in our culture of masculinity, failed men are expendable.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Men and Masculinity, Sex & Relationships, The Good Life Tagged With: abuse, aggression, anger, Anger Management, anxiety, authenticity, battering, biology, Brene Brown, communication, concern, conflict, cult of femininity, cult of masculinity, cycle of abuse, defensiveness, dignity, disposability of men, domestic abuse, domestic violence, domination, embarrassment, emotional intelligence, emotions, empathy, entitlement, evolutionary psychology, fear, female anxiety, Fighting, gender roles, hate crimes, heterosexual relationships, inadequacy, instinct, integrity, intimacy, isolation, judgment, judgmental, male ego, male entitlement, masculinity, mass shootings, misplaced blame, panic, prejudice, protectors, relationships, secrecy, secrets, security, sex, shame, shame research, silence, socialization, soothing, Steven Stosny, submission, support, suppressing anger, suppressing fear, triggers, validation, values, venting, vigilance, violence, vulnerability

Boys

August 7, 2012 By J.S. 11 Comments

A mother of three boys’ ode to the mysterious gender.

Filed Under: Families Tagged With: Boys, children, emotions, Families, gender, gender roles, identity, mothers, socialization

Up Shit Creek

August 2, 2012 By Chuck Ross 2 Comments

Chuck Ross knows what it’s like to be in over your head.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content, Men Are Funny Tagged With: 2000 Olympics, 2012 Olympics, E for effort, Eric the Eel, funny, gentleman's C, Hamadou Djibo Issaka, humor, Issaka, long distance running, losing, Niger, Olympic gold medal, Olympics, private shitter, public restroom, rowing, running, sculling sloth, shit shyness, socialization, toilet, track and field, wc

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A Tribute to the Doors Ray Manzarek

The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek died Monday, he was 74 years old.

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Men’s Global Healthcare is Woefully Underfunded

Despite men being statistically less healthy than women, global health funding has been largely focused on women.

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American Minister Timothy Murphy Joins Gitmo Prisoners in Hunger Strike

More than 100 days have passed since the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay started, and with no progress being made, an American minister has joined the strike.

Peace Corps to Place Same Sex Couples

Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet today announced that the agency will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.