Male Psychology: The Magazine
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.
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…
Masculinity in Brazil: the man, the he-goat and the scapegoat
Brazil is plural... There are those who still see masculinity as a Tarzan archetype, which must be rescued. …Many people (especially women) criticise traditional masculinity, but reinforce it.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group report on Issues Affecting Men and Boys is a welcome step in the right direction, but must not be led astray, as initiatives have been in the past
The most positive news so far this year for the wellbeing of men and boys is the publication of the report, A Boy Today, by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Issues Affecting Men and Boys.
Masculinidade no Brasil: o homem, de cabra macho à bode expiatório
o Brasil é plural... Há quem ainda veja a masculinidade como um arquétipo de Tarzan que precisa ser resgatado. Há os MGTOWs (Men Going Their Own Way, Homens que seguem seu próprio caminho) e ADHs. Mas essas pessoas não são as que estão no poder (pelo menos, não ficam por muito tempo). Muitas pessoas (especialmente mulheres) criticam a masculinidade tradicional, mas a reforçam
80% of clinical psychologists are women. What is being done to address this gender imbalance?
This is the second of a two-part article. In Part 1 we saw that men make up only about 20% of clinical psychologists. For a field so focused on equality, this is a very large elephant in the room. Here, in the second part of this article, efforts to address this disparity - and responses to these efforts - are discussed.
A tonic for the toxic narrative on masculinity
I want to argue in favor of what I term tonic masculinity and what a dose of it might provide society to dispel some of the mystifications and often ironic ambiguities about sex and gender.
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?
The Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) takes a dim view of the male gender
In a framework that is all about “power” and “threat”, the implication here then is clear that men are presumed to be more “powerful and threatening” than women. Nowhere, however, in a supposedly serious scientific document, is the concept of power adequately defined or measured.
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.
World Suicide Prevention Day 2021: complex times require clear thinking, not ideology
Although mental illness has increased since covid-related restrictions began, the suicide rate has reduced. This is welcome news, but why has it happened?
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?
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.
Why are so few psychologists male? Insights from a psychology trainee
If the situation was reversed, I would never dismiss the contributions from female colleagues purely because they were female and their experiences were different to my own.
Should we be concerned about the messages that men and boys are exposed to?
I have concerns as to how these inconsistencies and sweeping generalisations about men and boys go unchallenged.
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
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?