Engaging the Gender Gap

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Eric Sentell urges good men to teach themselves and their sons to engage with learning and with others before the gender gap becomes a chasm.

Looking to Meet Cool New People? Write A Short Story So Gr8 It’s Gr9!

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Trying to make some cool new friends? Start writing lots of terrible fiction and force people to read it!

“But I Know It’s Not Real!” – Kids, Video Games and Guns

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Samuel Sattin introduces a new generation to the latest in violent video games, and realizes that much has changed since the days of Zelda and Duck Hunt.

Don’t Fear the Fad

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Just because something is a fad does not necessarily make it a bad investment.

Part Two of the Fucking Ridiculous Article

Article here. Part one here. When Barry Schwartz started teaching at Swarthmore in the ’70s and would pose a question to a class, “Someone was always interrupting before the question was finished,” he recalls, “and it was always a male.” Now, he says, guys aren’t doing that. Men aren’t acting like privileged douchebags anymore! OH [...]

It’s All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating …

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Seán Flynn on the end of American Empire, and how the internet is more like the Catholic Church than you imagined.

Sex or violence—Which is more harmful to children?

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Serious warning: this post contains nudity, images of graphic video-game violence, and detailed descriptions of rape and torture. The intended audience for this post is adults.

“Culture celebrates weaponry and violence to where the hero can rampage without consequence (and is rewarded).”

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This is a comment by Rob on the post “Not a Joke: Why Do Our Boys Keep Up the Mass Shootings?”

Becoming Who You Want to Be (When You Grow Up)

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Who do you want to be when you grow up?

Can You Die From 40 Hours of Video Gaming?

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Media scare tactics: Will playing 40 hours of non-stop video games make you dead?

Talking Tesla

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Thomas Edison was a bully. That’s why you’ve barely heard of the hero of Rave’ Mehta’s new graphic novel, The Inventor: Nikola Tesla

Open Thread: What Do You Collect?

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In light of the recent $3Mil baseball card collection discovery and $1.2Mil video game collection sale, we gotta ask…

The Way of Men: Interview with Jack Donovan

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“The Way of Men” book author Jack Donovan answers some hard questions about masculinity and society, and the way forward for men.

Defining Masculinity

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“…gangsta culture is the essence of patriarchal masculinity.” An introduction to Jack Donovan’s new book, “The Way of Men.”

On Being a Good Man

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There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man. An excerpt from Jack Donovan’s book, ‘The Way of Men.’

Misogyny, Misandry, and Free Speech Online

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Ally Fogg weighs in on the Anita Sarkeesian controversy.