If you were to pay attention to the news — or trending topics on social media — you could be forgiven for thinking that manhood and masculinity is in retreat. After all, various conservative influencers, pundits and politicians have been banging the gong to warn people about the impending crisis of manhood. On Thursday, November…
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These Mistakes Ruin Relationships (Before They Can Even Start)
Here’s a truth: relationships end. Sometimes they end because the relationship came to its natural conclusion; it was a relationship that was right for that particular place and time, and the people involved outgrew the relationship. Other times, however, relationships end because the relationship itself didn’t work. Someone wasn’t happy, someone found that their needs…
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How To Unlearn What You Have Learned
One of the hardest things you can do — that anyone can do, really — is to try to unlearn something. Especially something that you aren’t even aware that you’ve learned. This sounds like an impossibility; how can you have learned something without being aware of having learned it? But in practice, it’s like the old David…
What Letterkenny Can Teach Us About Positive Masculinity
I’m answering your most important dating questions! If you have a question about love, sex or dating, then be sure to leave a comment. Maybe the next question I answer will be yours! This week: With all the talk about toxic masculinity, what does POSITIVE masculinity look like? Here’s what we can learn about being…
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Episode #72 – What Does Positive Masculinity Look Like?
Toxic masculinity doesn’t mean that that being a man is toxic, bad or even undesirable. At the same time non-toxic or positive masculinity doesn’t mean apologizing for being a man or trying to be as gender neutral as possible. While toxic masculinity refers to behaviors and beliefs about manhood and masculinity that are lauded as positive and…
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