
Male Psychology: The Magazine
The APA has changed its view of masculinity
The APA has been criticised for the view of masculinity in their 2018 guidelines, so it is very welcome news that the mission statement of the relevant part of the APA is no longer so negative.
It’s time for a strategy for male victims of domestic violence
The campaign begins with a focus on the Northern Ireland Executive’s recent call for views on the development of a specific strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. We are calling on the Executive to complement this work with a male victims strategy.
False allegations of rape: the true extent remains unknown.
…lack of a consistent definition of what constitutes a false rape allegation, as well as variations in recording practices by police and others in the CJS, make accurate assessment of the true extent of such allegations very difficult.
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
Free events and fun times in London: The roots of the Centre for Male Psychology, 2014 – 2020
Up until early 2020, every couple of months we put on an event, which could be a free talk by an expert, a workshop, debate, movie, or book launch. We put on talks on topics that other venues dared not
“It has to start with listening”. A feminist comes to terms with the Men's Rights movement. (Inspiring quotes from Cassie Jaye’s TEDx Talk).
“Why couldn't I simply learn about men's issues and have compassion for male victims without jumping at the opportunity to insist that women are the real victims?”
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?
‘Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud’: What’s sex got to do with it?
"I wanted to take a minute to say, especially to the young women in the room here, do everything you can to be the best in science, in math, in engineering. It's our actions that will determine this new stereotype around women being the best in science
A zoology of male psychology: why understanding men doesn’t have to be a turtle disaster
If everyone agrees that something is no good, it makes sense to get rid of it, right? “In what must have seemed like a good idea at the time, in the year 1233, Pope Gregory IX issued a papal decree that Satan was half-cat and sometimes took the form of a cat. The violent result of this decree was a diminished population of feral cats in Europe.
La Violencia de Pareja Legal y Administrativa
La violencia de pareja es un constructo multidimensional en el que se suelen distinguir la violencia física, la psicológica, la sexual y las conductas coercitivas y de control. En este artículo voy a abordar un tipo de violencia de pareja que no ha sido tan estudiada aunque -por su frecuencia y consecuencias- lo merece.
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.
Elizabeth Holmes: Female Icon to accused fraudster to alleged victim of intimate partner abuse
through incredibly innovative technological design, a small, automated device would run complex analyses on only a fingerpick of blood. The idea was to transform healthcare as we know it. [There was only one problem: it didn’t work]
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.
Domestic Abuse in the Year of Lockdowns: An Epidemic
…close inspection of the data reveals not only that most police forces reported smaller numbers of victims in 2020 than expected based on the trend in previous years, but more forces reported a larger percentage of male victims in 2020 than would be expected
Legal and Administrative Intimate Partner Violence
Legal and administrative violence is the manipulation of legal and administrative resources as an attempt to control or inflict emotional and financial harm on one’s partner
Of Bond, villains, and the average boy.
What is to be gained by demonising men, when they are our brothers, sons, grandchildren? How can society function properly with 50% of it branded as toxic?
We need a sophisticated international approach to understanding the mental health needs of boys and girls
We should avoid the temptation to apply a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to mental health either to boys and girls or across different cultures.