Male Psychology: The Magazine
82,000 chapter downloads and counting: the spectacular success of The Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health
According to the publisher, Palgrave Macmillan, the Handbook of Male Psychology is, with over 82,000 chapter downloads and almost 100 citations, one of their “best-performing titles within the psychology list, and at Palgrave Macmillan in general
Why does the law underestimate the psychosocial benefits of fathers?
While it is important that children are supported, financially and otherwise […] child maintenance payments appear to be moving many non-resident parents into poverty
Battering the boy won’t make a better man
Boys must be taught how to turn their negative emotions of hate, anger and depression, as a result of violence, into a productive medium.
UK law starts excluding fathers at birth: what psychosocial impact might this have on children and fathers?
The potential benefits of paternity leave on the father, the child and the family unit are numerous.
Why do we overlook the psychological impact on men of being childless? An interview with Dr Rob Hadley
…critical gerontology focuses on the political-economic approach and consequently had a limited perspective on women and men: economically the former were seen as deprived and men privileged. Men were therefore disregarded.
Looking back on a childhood, and seeing parental alienation
Mother ‘explained’ to me that we had to leave our father for our own protection. Father, I was told, was a very dangerous man.
Does children’s TV drive you crazy? Here is one dad’s Top 3 recommendations for what’s best for your child, and most bearable for you.
"In training, they forced me to listen to the Barney [the Dinosaur] "I Love You" song for 45 minutes. I never want to go through that again".
The state should help prevent - not enable – abuse during family breakdown
Although a ‘survivor’ of domestic abuse… I was never going to give my career up to make me financially eligible for legal aid.
A therapist who has survived the family court process shows other men how they can get through it too
I was ignorant of these horrors until I had my own skirmish in the family courts. Being a therapist, I emerged wondering if I could support other separated fathers
Is sperm quality deteriorating worldwide? Find out what the experts say.
What are the facts about sperm quality? Well, a debate on this topic was featured in the December 2021 edition of the leading fertility journal in the US, Fertility & Sterility. One side argued that sperm rates are in decline worldwide, and the other side argued there was no real evidence for this
We need to listen to young men, even when we don’t like what they are saying
Some people blame drill music – a form of rap - for the rising murder rate in London. Drill is known for aggressive lyrics about gang violence, but rather than seeing this as a valuable way for young men to express their feelings, some people want to ban it.
Dads should not be sneered at for taking their little daughters to the women’s toilets
Inside, there was a huge set of cubicles, all fully closable to give lots of privacy. We walked along the cubicles to a free one, but…
Honoring Your Father by Holding His Hand
all I could see in his piercing blue eyes was a complex cluster of the various variables of what could only be described as disappointment.
Men Bereaved by Abortion
If his child is allowed to live, this man must be available, for the rest of his life, to love and provide for his child… If, on the other hand, it is decided that his child is to be destroyed, he should be able to go about his life as if nothing has happened
Being a Man, Plus ça Change
…an attack upon masculinity is an attack upon one’s sense of self, of identity. …What, then, is the right psychological defence against such an attack?