Good Men Project Call for Submissions: A Day In the Life
So you think you know what a day in the life of a woman is like.
On The Good Men Project, we talk about how we interact with women. From our mothers and sisters to the dating scene, marriage and parenting to the workplace, gender roles and the differences among us are an endless source of mystery and supposition. But just like men’s lives, women’s experiences cannot be neatly encapsulated by a discussion of political and social issues.
Where would you have woken this morning, if you had been born female? How would you make plans for your life that differed from the ones you have now?
In this theme, “A Day In the Life of a Woman,” men are challenged to plant themselves firmly in a pair of women’s shoes and walk the talk. Share your impressions of the world through a woman’s eyes.
Tiresias of Greek myth, born a man, lived as a woman for seven years, and then as a man again, and claimed that women enjoy sex more. Do you think he was right? Is there any way to know? Make a Tiresian to-do list, in case you also piss off the gods of Olympus.
Whether you sometimes wish you could have been born female, have ever presented yourself to the world as a woman, ever considered what life as a woman is like, or the thought sends you into fits of terror, this thought exercise will stretch and provoke, and hopefully engender empathy for women as well as for ourselves as men.
Please make your submission by January 29 to Justin Cascio at [email protected] and Lisa Hickey [email protected].
I missed the submission deadline, but I wanted to chime in. I would despise it, to be frankly honest. There seems to be an underlying element of terror to being a woman and a constant drive for self discipline that exceeds what is truly acceptable for a man to have. I am speaking of single women. It seems, as a woman, you would be under a constant and indefatigable barrage by men playing for sex or companionship, and to interact with straight men you would have to feel constantly guarded and questioning of their motives. Add to that the social… Read more »
If you think men have it pretty easy compared to women, I suggest you take a long hard look at men around you. Neither has it easy. And if you think the 35 year old coworker who lives in mum’s basement doesn’t have a huge amount of pressure against him in society then maybe you need to start reading the opinion columns, listen to the plethora of women bagging them out, the many who feel he is a failure, a loser, a nerd, virgin-shame him, etc.
you might be able to find a few crossdressers (male and female) willing to write a quick word here
http://www.reddit.com/r/crossdressing/
i dont know how receptive they would be though, to the article request
Suggested word limit of around 250 as with the 100 Acts of Male Goodness … or really pretty much anything?
Longer is fine… shoot for up to 1500 words. Here is our content calendar, and submission guidelines, though I’ve never used submishmash to submit. Instead, you should email submissions directly to whoever’s leading the section. In this case, it’s me.
Can we get a reverse, women on the day in the life of a man? It’d be interesting to see how the opposite gender views…the opposite gender.
Forgot to say “as well”, keen to read both.
Yes! Although originally conceived for men, women and men are both invited to try on the other’s shoes for this call. I’ll take your stories for the next couple of days.
Well it sure would be nice to have half the population willing to do my bidding,and also there would be a lot more opportunities for sex,and sex related benefits.
umm….wrong….try again.
The piece was about empathy and ‘putting yourself in another’s shoes’.
It was not asking you to assert your male victim complex.
Please, try to think a bit harder about how others feel and how they live their lives, ok?