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)
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)
Paywall Removed
‘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
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.
How I went from Transphobe to Trans Ally - SquidTips (yt.artemislena.eu)
“My Brother Is So Far Gone”: How Male Influencers Turned The Men In These People’s Lives Toxic (www.buzzfeednews.com)
[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:...
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)
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.
[META] A note on article titles (We can edit here)
We seem to have a consistent problem with folks specifically taking issue with the titles of articles. To a degree I can understand this. Headlines these days can be subject to industry pressures resulting in inflammatory and clickbaity titles (if I understand correctly most headlines are not written by the author of the article...
The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid (theconversation.com)
I'm a trans man. I didn't realize how broken men are (newsweek.com)
To end violence against teen girls, start with teen boys (therapist.com)
We Know “NoFap” Is Misleading Men About Masturbation. It Might Be More Dangerous Than That. (slate.com)
Yikes (slrpnk.net)
What even is this place?
I read the description and then looked at some posts. I’m so confused what this place even is can someone explain it in a verbose way to me? The description confuses me I think?