Male Psychology: The Magazine
Most people know masculinity is ok, and the Harry’s masculinity reports support this view
International Men’s Day 2017 saw the launch in Westminster of the first Harry’s masculinity report. The report found evidence justifying why the general public think men are basically ok, despite the fact that so many academics seem to use men as a blank screen onto which to project their negative feelings about masculinity.
The development of my father’s career in psychology, and how the field changed during the 20th century from being male-dominated to female-dominated
…post-war maintenance of an enlarged Civil Service […] led to a strong presence of women in the governance of State endeavours such as the NHS. It also seems that once […] clinical psychologists were allowed to practice ‘talking therapies,’ for which women arguably have a natural aptitude, the floodgates for women in psychology were fully opened.
What’s happened to the blue collar male, and why does it matter?
Blue collar males in the U.S. are experiencing higher incarceration rates, dying younger, using drugs more, and marrying less than ever before. Why?
Job satisfaction is key to men’s mental health
Although many companies have Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), there is a question over whether the help available to men is adequate. Recent research has highlighted that men and women may have different preferences for aspects of therapy, for example, in general men are less inclined than women to want to discuss their feelings as a method of dealing with stress.
It’s easier to blame men than to see men as victims
legal research demonstrates that men receive longer prison sentences than do women, even when they commit identical crimes. Experimental evidence shows the various ways in which people tend to see women as victims, and men as perpetrators.