Male Psychology: The Magazine
Is our attitude to men based on substandard research?
Much of our attitudes, theorizing and public debate around men and masculinity is influenced by high profile feminist and Gender Studies scholars in academia. But what is the scientific quality of publications from these scholars?
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.
‘Dehumanizing the male’. Book review.
To survive… cultures have to use men and women effectively and … in fact, most cultures have used men and women in different ways… what our culture does is [grant] greater status to men and greater protection to women
A guide to counselling male military personnel and veterans
hyper-masculine gender norms are typically embedded within military institutions, and while adherence to these norms can contribute to combat and military success, they conversely make clinical work challenging
A Psychologist Among Veterans: Co-Producing The Veterans’ Stabilisation Programme
All veterans have voluntarily put themselves forward to protect me and my fellow citizens. …While my own civilian’s debt to these individuals can never be fully repaid, when they leave the VSP after 16 weeks I can feel that I have contributed at least something.
Helping veterans with hearing loss and tinnitus can improve their mental health
There are around 300,000 veterans living with hearing loss in the UK, according to The Royal British Legion. In addition to being at a greater risk of PTSD, depression, and anxiety, many vets are also battling psychological distress from hearing problems.
‘Helping Male Survivors of Sexual Violation to Recover: An integrative approach – stories from therapy’. Book review.
The book begins with a description of her therapeutic approach, and an illustration of how to understand and work with the rage often seen in male CSA clients.
The double whammy of being a survivor of domestic abuse who is blind and male
I felt in my dealings with some police officers, as though I were treated firstly as a man (assumed to be a perpetrator), but they’d overlooked risks associated with my impairment. Example: How can you dodge a missile you don’t see coming?
What was missing from the BBC Panorama exploration of domestic violence
The Panorama programme on domestic violence failed to adequately highlight two important issues: male victims and female perpetrators.
How can you help men who are falsely accused of sexual abuse? Notes from the FASO helpline
your photograph, name and address, might appear in the local and national press and on TV, insinuating what an evil monster you are
How colour blindness taught me that it’s unwise to be dogmatic about gender issues
…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?
The yin of being looked at and the yang of looking.
The male has been designed to “look”, not only at the female, but to “look out” for prey, for danger, and for ways to protect his family unit.
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
Three reasons you will miss pubs when they go extinct
Socialising is a basic human need. The opposite – social isolation – is one of the worst forms of torture. Some people look down on the local pub as a place for undesirable riff raff, but that narrow viewpoint misses entirely the community value of the pub
The Male Psychology undergraduate module – a first for the UK and the world
Male psychology is a recent development in academia. Unlike gender studies, feminism, and men’s studies, male psychology takes the view that we can gain more by recognising and harnessing the positive aspects of masculinity than we can by taking a relentlessly negative approach to men.