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Book-Of-The-Month excerpt... by Scott Haltzman,
M.D.
Warrior Husbands...
Human biology has actually wired men to be good at conflict. On
average we weigh eight percent more than women, and we are six
percent taller. We have greater muscle mass and less body fat. It
is no accident of history that most great warriors and soldiers have
been men. Men have a highly attuned internal alert system. When
pressured to act, their arousal system kicks in with fight-or-flight
body changes – changes well suited to solve conflict. From
gladiators, to matadors, to hockey fans, men are designed for
confrontation.
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Guest Article... by
Marty Nemko
Low-Risk, High-Payoff
Self-Employment Ideas...
So many
men would like to be self-employed, except for one thing: the risk.
Fortunately, some businesses entail much less risk than others. They
avoid the six major sources of risk:
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Guest Article... by
Michael
Gurian
Dealing
with Some Problems in a Marriage...
In presenting a marital map that emphasizes
biological development, I hope I've presented a recognizable picture
of human love. As you look at it you might think, "Do most of
today's couples ever live out the whole journey?"
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Guest Article... by Glenn Sacks
California Domestic Violence Lawsuit
Will Help
Secure Services for All Abuse Victims...
At the age of 11, Maegan Woods
tried to stop a domestic dispute between her parents. She soon found
herself staring down the barrel of her father's shotgun. She watched
helplessly as the trigger was pulled. She is only alive today
because the gun didn't fire--the safety was on.
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COYOTE...
monthly column by Dick Prosapio
When the Mobile Changes...
There is this
concept that families and groups are constructed very much like
mobiles, those carefully balanced dynamic sculptures. The theory
says that when one aspect of the mobile changes, everything is
effected.
This theory is readily seen in action whenever one member of a group
or family, most often the latter, tries to break out of the dynamic,
the rest of the group tries to sabotage the effort in some subtle,
or not so subtle, way.
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THE NEW
INTIMACY...
monthly column by
Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James
Sniechowski, Ph.D.
Dream Big, Dream With Love...
The
celebration of the new year is the oldest of all continuing
holidays. It was observed 4000 years ago by the ancient Babylonians
and has continued, with only minor interruptions, into modern times.
Anything with a history that long and enduring clearly has deep
significance for the human psyche.
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JEFF'S LIFE... monthly
column by Jeff Stimpson
Speechifying...
In presentations I state that
I've never had a conversation with Alex. This is no longer strictly
true, and it's about 10 miles from true with Ned.
With Ned, the language flows. Take, for instance,
the morning about a month ago when we were walking from the subway
to his kindergarten and I asked him to look up at me. His face was
dirty. "Ned," I said, "when we get to school, I want to stop by the
bathroom and wash your face."
He looked back down at the sidewalk. "They don't
have a bathroom," he said.
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DADS, DON'T FIX YOUR KIDS...
monthly column by
Mark Brandenburg,
M.A
A Father's New Year...
It is a time in our history when
it’s increasingly difficult to feel optimistic about the state of
the world. And it’s a time of the year when we are flooded by the
memories of the years past, and by the hope of a better year to
come.
There is no better time than now to reflect on our life. And there
is no better time to examine the state of our important
relationships.
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TOWARD MANHOOD...
A book in progress
by Larry Pesavento
From chapter 13
Part 2... Death
In
fact, a depressive reaction is normal for a death. The healthy
reaction to loss is grief. Separation naturally brings sadness. The
loss of boyhood pleasures and dreams should bring mourning. A man is
much more authentic by mourning than by raging or resigning.
Terrence Real says we must learn as men to accept our depression and
make it overt. Then we can deal with it without shame. So do all the
modern elders who are familiar with the soul. Without depression a
man is stuck on his road to manhood. By not accepting depression a
man will not accept his loss. By not accepting depression a man will
not accept his initiatory death.
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NEW
REVIEWS
REVIEW:
Why Men Earn More: The
Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap—and What Women Can Do About It.
By Warren Farrell, Ph.D.
A new book from Dr. Warren Farrell is of course eagerly awaited by
all of us who care about gender equity. I dare say that each of his
books represents an evolution since the publication of the previous
one, both in terms of Warren’s own growth and in terms of society’s
developing awareness of, and willingness to hear more regarding,
pertinent men’s and women’s (and people’s!) issues.
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REVIEW:
SPIN SISTERS: How the
Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness and Liberalism to the Women of
America. By Myrna Blyth
Every now and then, it’s fun to try something a little different.
Even if it isn’t quite your cup of tea, it keeps life interesting to
try walking in the moccasins of someone with whom you might have
previously thought you had nothing in common. Myrna Blyth has
written a book specifically designed for, and often directly
addressed to, politically conservative women. People such as myself
who don’t fit into these categories may seemingly have little to
gain from reading Spin Sisters. And in fact, Blyth could have
written the book differently in a way that would have carried the
same essential message while allowing her to speak to a wider
audience inclusive of males and non-conservatives.
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REVIEW:
TAKING SEX DIFFERENCES SERIOUSLY. By Steven E.
Rhoads.
University of Virginia public policy professor Steven E. Rhoads’
latest book purports to be a meticulously researched and elegantly
written, provocative and groundbreaking exploration of the masculine
and feminine. I found Taking Sex Differences Seriously to be
a solid though unexceptional book that makes a number of interesting
points. Career women, we learn, have higher average testosterone
levels. Rhoads provides interesting detail on how modern university
textbooks ignore women who choose to focus on volunteer and/or
homemaker careers, ironically implying that the only careers
acceptable for women are those traditionally defined (presumably by
the patriarchy) as successful. Along similar lines, the author
deftly points out the absurdity of prescribing and proscribing
activities for our children based on our political wishes.
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Archive of All Reviews & Interviews...
by J. Steven Svoboda.
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