"Women/Girls love a man with confidence"
I’ve been thinking about this recently and it’s one of those innocent sayings that are quite insensitive. Growing up I heard this quite a lot, usually in response to being shy about asking someone out....
Study suggest men refuse to ditch meat because it threatens their masculinity (www.totallyveganbuzz.com)
Meet the anti-Andrew Tates (www.gq-magazine.co.uk)
‘I prefer women’s jeans – men’s lack design subtlety’: why men are buying womenswear (www.theguardian.com)
Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex (www.bbc.com)
[DISCUSSION] Weekly Discussion Wednesday - "This fear of maleness estranges men from every female in their lives to greater or lesser degrees, and men feel the loss."
This week’s prompt is:...
A single Father's experience with unsolicited attention (www.fatherly.com)
Men want to be sexualized more. They should talk to women about that. (medium.com)
‘There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys’ - Declining male enrollment has led many colleges to adopt an unofficial policy: affirmative action for men. (www.nytimes.com)
Paywall Removed
In U.S. Military, Sexual Assault Against Men Is Vastly Underreported (theintercept.com)
Where did the construction workers go? (www.npr.org)
The gist of it: with each passing decade there’s a growing shortage of construction laborers, resulting in large wait times for housing to be built. Some analysts wonder why the key demographic isn’t showing up....
Wear pink but don’t cry - "Men under 25 are less likely than their elders to feel comfortable hugging another man or weeping in front of them. What happened?" (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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Men In The US Are Peeing Incorrectly According To Urologist (www.iflscience.com)
Gentlemen, it is with great displeasure that I must inform you that we're doing it wrong.
Gender bias deters men from healthcare, early education, and domestic career fields, study suggests (www.psypost.org)
How I went from Transphobe to Trans Ally - SquidTips (yt.artemislena.eu)
[DISCUSSION] Weekly Discussion Wednesday - "Learning to wear a mask is the first lesson in patriarchal masculinity that a boy learns"
This week’s prompt is:...
“My Brother Is So Far Gone”: How Male Influencers Turned The Men In These People’s Lives Toxic (www.buzzfeednews.com)
Young Men Are Gaming More. Are They Working Less? (www.bloomberg.com)
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Online gaming communities could provide a lifeline for isolated young men − new research (theconversation.com)
Where barbershops are a community hub, he's filling them with books to help young boys find excitement in reading (www.cnn.com)
Meat and masculinity have been bound together for centuries – and that’s no accident (www.theguardian.com)
If You Love Ted Lasso ... Don't Miss These Other Great Depictions of Positive Masculinity - The Peabody Awards (peabodyawards.com)
[DISCUSSION] Would you feel comfortable using a male contraceptive medication?
Relevant post: slrpnk.net/post/1480928...
Framing men as the ‘villains’ in relationships also frames them as unable to change (www.theguardian.com)
Though I don’t think this terminology is used, this article is primarily about heteropessimism and it’s effects on relationships from both sides.
A male contraceptive approved in the next 5 years would have a $1 billion market by 2024. So, where are they? (www.pussypedia.net)
This article is primarily about market hurdles to a male contraceptive.