Male Psychology: The Magazine
Gratismut (“Free courage”)
Publicly shown courage is a classic male virtue and belongs to the formerly highly esteemed male role model.
Boys might read more if we give them books they want to read
By providing books boys might want to read, there is a genuine chance of inspiring boys to read more.
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".
Five steps to better mental health for men
Open up more, notice more how you feel, keep focused on your goals, put your goals first because you know they are good for you
Who watches the Watchmen, and who constructs the constructions? Superheroes, ideology and masculinity.
Reviewing the academic analyses of Watchmen is an exercise in reviewing ideologically driven texts describing an ideologically driven text.
Is parental alienation a topic that’s too controversial to make a TV drama about?
As the series progresses, we'll show the transformation that occurs in a teen boy after a strong male role model does become involved in his life.
Why are twice as many women as men prescribed psychotropic drugs? A historical perspective.
Mental distress in men was more common than generally acknowledged, and was treated in different ways e.g. alternative drugs, or self-medication with over-the-counter remedies.
Does it matter what country a psychology study is conducted in?
… many papers do not even bother to identify or justify the nationality of their samples…
It’s time for the PTMF to stop categorising men as negative stereotypes
“Although psychiatry is criticised for reducing people to diagnostic categories, the PTMF reduces men even further to a narrow and unforgiving stereotype of masculinity”
What is the cause of the turmoil in our culture, and how can we survive it? Excerpt from Will Collins’ new book The Destructivists
Equality attained is as much use to the moral usurper as a dead battery. So the moral usurpers will maintain the narrative of inequality at all costs, whilst pretending to be fighting to overcome it.
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
‘The Unspoken Truth About Male Sexual Abuse’: Insights from a police officer turned psychologist.
…maybe some of the men in prison were victims who had used drugs and alcohol to cope too. I knew this was a slippery slope…a slope that could quickly and easily lead to a prison cell.
Let’s Cultivate Resilience Before It Becomes a Lost Skill
Resilient people do not let adversity define them, because they have been conditioned to perceive bad times as a temporary situation.
The Valentine gift of Masculinity
More than at any time in history, we need now to grant each other this gift of mutual care. That is because the love of women no longer saves men from the battles they face, and the love of men no longer saves women from wolves that prey on their peace of mind.
To be or not to be in the Covid-19 Brave New Normal? A question of male courage.
There is an assault from many factions in our society dominated by a postmodern outlook, which seeks to deconstruct the identity of men, masculinity, and men’s role in the pursuit of truth.
Do men take too many risks in relation to the environment and covid-19?
Imagine that we knew that a stray planet was going to collide with us in a year’s time, and people could look up at the sky every day and see the planet getting bigger and bigger… How many climate sceptics would suddenly believe in saving the Earth?