Editorial of the Male Psychology Magazine

Welcome to the first issue of our online magazine! This is brought to you by the magazine’s Editors-in-Chief, John Barry and Louise Liddon, with the help of the magazine’s Senior Office Junior, The Wee Man.

For those of you who are fed up with the narrative that many of life’s problems are caused by men / masculinity / gender norms / patriarchy, the new Male Psychology magazine will be a breath of fresh air. We intend to put ideology to one side and take a realistic view of the issues that are relevant to the psychology men and boys today. Male Psychology magazine will feature some of the brightest minds in male psychology, from luminary experts you might recognise, to exciting newcomers with fresh ideas for you to sample. To get things started, the first issue of the magazine features original and exciting work by:

  • Dr Rick Bradford, author of the acclaimed The Empathy Gap, on how being a man today means having to deal with constant insults to masculinity

  • Psychiatrist Dr Paul Dobransky’s moving account of how he remembers his father, and how those memories help him to this day

  • Child psychologist Tim Watson on the pressures boys are subjected to via the media

  • Proponent of mindfulness, Tom Hulme, on his concerns about the depiction of male rape in the entertainment industry

  • A postgraduate student tells us about the difficulties he has experienced as a minority – being male - training to be a psychologist

  • As a special bonus for our French-speaking colleagues, we include an article by Patrick Traube on men, masculinity and relationships.

In 2018, in our former incarnation as the Male Psychology Network, we had the 3rd most popular psychology blogspot in the UK. This means we already have a goldmine of excellent articles and blogs, and will be posting a selection of some of the best ones.

 

Let’s leave the last word to our senior office junior, The Wee Man, who asks a very good question:

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Perhaps it will be addressed in one of our future articles? Please let us know if you would like to write about this, or any other relevant topic.

So, we hope you enjoy the magazine, and look forward to you visiting our pages again.

Cheers!

The Male Psychology magazine team.

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