The Mask You Live In (Elizabeth Plank in Media & Tech)
Jul 14, 2013
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Check out a new documentary ‘The Mask You Live In’ that explores ‘toxic masculinity’. Men and boys were interviewed in USA, by director Jennifer Siebel Newsom and her findings will be familiar to many men in Australia. Siebel Newsom reports that “although
Read MoreWhat a Father Taught Me (Ralph Kinney Bennett – The American – AEI)
Jun 18, 2013
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What a Father Taught Me written by Ralph Kinney Bennett (Source: The American – AEI- The Online Magazine of the American Enterprise Institute. Sunday 16 June 2013) “Fatherhood remains a mystery to me despite the fact that my wife and I have raised a son and daughter and now have
Read MoreVulnerability: The Counterintuitive Antidote to Anger (Shayne Hughes – Huffpost)
May 29, 2013
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Vulnerability: The Counterintuitive Antidote to Anger written by Shayne Hughes CEO, Lead Culture Change Partner at Learning as Leadership. (Source: Huffpost – posted on 05/27/2013) For an excellent article that covers: understanding that anger is a ‘secondary emotion’; the power
Read More9 important things fathers can do….(Andrew King)
Mar 25, 2013
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From boyhood, competitiveness is nurtured as young men are taught not to ‘be walked over by other people’. This process continues as the child grows into manhood with entrenched values of independence and autonomy. For many men, a suggestion that they need to change what they are thin
Read MoreSeparated fathers (Andrew King)
Mar 25, 2013
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While many fathers may find it difficult to express their feelings in words, the primary motivator in their lives is relationships, especially the relationship with their child/ren. From the child’s perspective, every child has a biological father whether he is present, absent or even
Read MoreBroken arrows–wounds of the heart (Leonard Szymczak)
Mar 20, 2013
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As a boy, I once watched a Western where Apaches were fighting the Cavalry. One supposedly courageous lieutenant walked into the open plain with his two guns blazing away. Arrow after arrow struck his chest. Still he continued firing. Twelve arrows later, this man of great courage fin
Read MoreMy take on mentoring (Simon Mundy)
While the role models in my day (say 1957 – 1964, 9 to 15) were simplistic, a bit violent and quite idealised, they at least provided an age-appropriate foundation to a pre-teen/early teenager for an ethical approach to being a man. Today’s media “heroes” seem to be cut from a uniform
Read MoreLearning from the interviews (Matthew Canny)
I have had the opportunity to use the DVD material in my work as a Health Promotion Officer at Junee Correctional Centre for the last six months now. I believed in the vision of ‘What Makes a Man a Man’ so much from the start that I got my company GEO Australia to be the m
Read MoreConcerns regarding men’s mental health (Agi O’Hara)
Community concerns regarding men’s mental health are well founded. Male suicide is very high. In 2010, 1,816 males (16.4 per 100,000) died through suicide. (1)Men who do not identify as heterosexual are particularly vulnerable due to experiences of stigma and fears of discrimination a
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