Breadwinning Wife Defends ‘Slower Pace’ Men
Professor, author, and breadwinning wife Andrea Doucet is startled by the portrayal of men in Hanna Rosin’s recent Slate story. I belong to one of the couple types that Hanna Rosin described in her...
View ArticleUnemployment Is Killing Men
If you don’t have a job, you might not want to keep reading. According to a new study in the journal Social Science and Medicine, being unemployed will increase your chance of premature death by 63...
View ArticleMammoni: Good Men or Lazy-Asses?
My niece, a junior at Columbia, is in Italy for the summer, studying language and Italian culture. I have been in regular contact with her by email and Skype. I keep joking that she should find a nice...
View ArticleAmbition Kills! Slackers Happier, Live Longer – Study
Jamie Reidy comments on a new study that reveals the downside to being ambitious. As Shannon Chapla explains in the most recent University of Notre Dame alumni newsletter, Timothy Judge tracked 717...
View ArticleAngry Birds, Video Games, and the Depersonalization of War
Are you a video game addict, The New York Times asks? In response to “Just One More Game: Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive ‘Stupid Games'” Somewhere, there is a yellowing photograph of...
View ArticlePrioritizing Time and Money
“Ten years ago, I turned my head for a moment and it became my life.” Poet David Whyte wrote a great book, “The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America” aimed at...
View ArticleBoredom Is A Choice
A young man suggests a table’s boring and there’s nothing he can do about it. ___ Here at the community college, one of the assumptions a good portion of my students have is that their disengagement...
View Article“Nurturing Men are Sexy, so are Laundry doers.”
This comment by Juniper on the post Hey Slacker Dad, Parent the Way You Want and Stop Being a Jerk About It If I ever find myself having a “divorce thought” about my husband, I take one look at him...
View ArticleWhy This Generation Needs To Make Being Manly Cool Again
A young male writer takes his fellow Gen Y men to task. It is becoming more difficult to find men who embody the qualities of William Wallace, Maximus Meridius Decmimus and JFK. And, if these names...
View Article4 Must-Have Qualities Successful People Look For in an Ideal Partner
No one wants a slacker for a partner. ____ It is true: You can marry into more money in five minutes than you can make in a lifetime. But, that can only happen if you are able to attract a wealthy and...
View ArticleIs Time Really on Your Side?
A brain injury stole Theresa Byrne’s concept of time—and taught her how to live in the present moment. ___ Most of us never question how we think or feel about time itself, but after a serious injury,...
View ArticleI Am a Highly Sensitive Man
Although being a highly sensitive person is equally common among women and men, being a sensitive man remains misunderstood. Editor’s Note: Research tells us that high sensitivity, discerned from a...
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