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How We All Benefit from Privilege
Embed from Getty Images — White male privilege is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days. Whenever any bit of injustice show up, we get the opportunity to trot out the tried and true WMP....
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Unmasking Men’s Fear of Vulnerability
Embed from Getty Images “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” — Margaret Atwood Welcome to our online community. This is a space for men and women...
View ArticleThe Myth of Masculine Self-Esteem
Embed from Getty Images Recently, on my morning commute, while listening in on a local morning radio show, I was struck by the reminder of the fallacy of masculine self-esteem as it pertains to the...
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I’m Sorry You Have to Go Your Mental Illness Alone, But Can I Come Too?
When you walk or fall or trip or dive or dig your way into the Cube of Badness and Bedlam, you’re in there alone. Diagnosed mental illness, addiction, whatever…intention and fault is irrelevant…it was...
View ArticleHow Men Can Cultivate Deeper Relationships. Even When It’s Difficult.
Embed from Getty Images — BE HONEST. Do you want to know how to cultivate surface-level relationships? Do you hold back how you really feel? Do you REJECT the truth of who you really are for what you...
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Who is the World’s Strongest Man?
I’ve known some “hard” lads at different chapters in my life. My cousin was one of the hardest. An outlaw biker built for war, some said he succumbed to competitors in the local drug scene. Others said...
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Freeing the Boy Who Wants the Man to Fly
I turned 46 years old this year. That’s a moment, a monument of sorts. I keep thinking, “50 minus 4 years old.” I never thought I would be that age. When I was a kid, 50 was kind of an old dude. I...
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The Most Unappreciated Fact About Men
Embed from Getty Images — There’s nothing more basic than sex. None of us would be here if that one lucky sperm didn’t survive against all odds to be allowed merge with an egg. The resulting union...
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Men Who Take Baths
Feminism is about equality. And we wanted to know how to include men in the conversation. So, we put 11 of them in a bubble bath and asked the same six questions. 1. Where do men fit in a “future is...
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Hugging Another Man Won’t Harm Your Masculinity
Embed from Getty Images — You should not be ashamed if you, too, are a hugger like me (yes I even hugged a tree). My question to men is ths: Why is hugging another man seen as a less then masculine?...
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The Progressive Man Box
Embed from Getty Images — These days it is common to read about the “man box.” In a recent report, the progressive organization Promundo described the man box as “a set of beliefs, communicated by...
View ArticleDon’t Tell Him What He Believes, He Made His Own List
Embed from Getty Images Since folks that interact with me on social media seem to love to TELL me (and others) what I (we) believe, I decided to write down what I do and don’t believe. I believe each...
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The Fragility of Lying
Embed from Getty Images Lies ruin relationships. When one partner finds out the other has lied, the FIRST order of business is admitting the lie. After that, apologies can be made, forgiveness...
View ArticleWhat Do We Lose When We Fail To See and Encourage Men’s Emotional Capacity?
Embed from Getty Images These days, a lot of the conversation around leadership suggests that women are more likely to bring emotional intelligence to the table in a work environment, while men are...
View ArticleThings About Us Don’t Make You Go Hmmmm, They Make You Go WOW!
Embed from Getty Images C+C Music Factory got everyone on the dance floor grooving to the things that make you go hmmmm. Here at The Good Men Project, we have a community of change makers who...
View ArticleUncertainty is Necessary for Passion
Embed from Getty Images We know that you can’t build a relationship solely on passion. Does that mean that it has to be one or the other? That there’s only long term relationships with little passion...
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And It’s One, Two, Three, What Are We Fighting For?
Embed from Getty Images — I know people are exhausted with the political dialogue. I am as well. Government is not meant to be this far forward in our lives. It is meant to be the structural framework...
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What Men Deserve
Embed from Getty Images — I love men. I love their eye crinkles when their soul smiles. I love their resolute commitment to action. I love their curiosity. I love their silliness. I love how they...
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A Watershed Moment: Sexual Abuse and Harassment in America. Now What?
— RSVP for #StopSexism Weekly Calls Men Know: Why Men Need to Start Talking About Violence and Sexual Harassment To Stop the Abuse of Women, We Also Have to Stop the Abuse of Men Ten Tips on Talking to...
View ArticleIs #MeToo the End of Flirting as We Know it?
Embed from Getty Images — RSVP for #StopSexism Weekly Calls — I think there’s a fundamental misunderstanding going on with some men right now concerning the #metoo movement that goes something like,...
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