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SEARCH MENSIGHT | THE MEN'S CENTER | DONOR LIST | TRANSLATE | MEN'S CHAT | ... Click here to add this ticker  to your website Book-of-the-Month... JULY 2005 The Spirit of Fatherhood: Embracing Our Role as Fathers and Reclaiming Our Children by S. Bruce "Olamina" Stevenson S. Bruce Olamina Stevenson is a writer that knows his subject matter well. A single father of two boys gives, Olamina first hand knowledge of what it takes to raise children optimally in a world that has so many obstacles for our children to overcome. His book, The Spirit of Fatherhood: Embracing Our Roles as Fathers and Reclaiming Our Children provides a pragmatic guide for fathers that desire to have healthy and nurturing relationship with their children. He teaches us how to reduce the animosity between men and women, mothers and fathers and gives intimate details of his own struggle with marriage, divorce and obtaining custody. It is an addictive read that is both honest and therapeutic providing issues that we can all identify with. A must read and a solution oriented book for all that are concerned about the role fathers play in their children’s lives and the steps we can take to be better fathers. Ray Davis, President, The Millennium Group Read the introduction to THE SPIRIT OF FATHERHOOD Mr. Stevenson is a dedicated and committed single-father of two young sons, who he adores and sincerely believes is his most important accomplishment. He is the Founder and Executive Director of MBRACE Fatherhood, Inc. an organization dedicated to advocate, encourage, support and celebrate fatherhood by training, educating and empowering fathers to be the best fathers they can become. Mr. Stevenson is the Author of, The Spirit of Father: Embracing our Roles as Fathers and Re-claiming our Children. Olamina is a highly passionate about the important role involved fathers play in their children’s lives. He was traveled across the country carrying the message that fathers make a difference. Olamina is a nationally recognized speaker and advocate for working with youth, families and fatherhood initiatives. He has consulted and implemented staff-development models for Head Start agencies and facilitated workshops on developing effective co-parenting strategies and policies to eradicate fatherlessness, both locally and nationally. MORE BOOKS ABOUT FATHERS AND FATHERING

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Guest Article... by Warren Farrell, Ph. D.
11 Top Tips On How Women Can Earn More.
Power is not about earning money; power is about controlling one's life based on one's values and priorities. Pay is not about power; pay is often about giving up power to get the power of pay. Power and pay are about trade-offs. If you're getting paid less than a man, before you assume discrimination, look at the 25 things men are more likely to do to get paid more. Women tend to trade income for fulfillment, flexibility, family, and safety. Rather than focusing your binoculars on discrimination, focus them on opportunities, such as the more than 80 fields that pay women more than men, or the 39 large fields that pay women at least 5% more than men. Based on my research for Why Men Earn More, I believe that while men earn more for different work, women today earn more for the same work--when they work in the exact same job for the same type and size of firm, same number of hours, travel and relocate equally, produce equally, have equal years of experience, and so on. You do not live in a world in which men have stacked the deck against you. Both sexes discriminate for and against both sexes.
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Guest Article... by Dr. Linda Neilsen
Fathers and Daughters: Eye Opening Facts
We strengthen father-daughter relationships by making ourselves aware of the facts and freeing ourselves from the demeaning myths about men as parents. Recent national statistics and research from the most well respected experts in psychology and sociology, show that……….
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Guest Article... by Diane Sears
Common Ground: Getting to a Place of Understanding and Compassion
We really need to get to a place of compassion and understanding for Men, especially Men who are Fathers. We really need to get to a place where we clearly understand that men and women need to and are supposed to trust each other, respect each other, work together as a team and, if circumstances warrant, be willing to walk through fire for one another. There needs to be a coming together of men and women and an establishment of common ground between men and women. This coming together and establishment of common ground among Men and Women is critical to the survival and growth of our families, our community and society. 
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Guest Article... by Marty Nemko
Men's Career Issues
Here’s my current list of essential job search websites:
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Guest Article... by Glenn Sacks
Not the Era of the Deadbeat Dad but the Era of the Hero Father
According to the Children's Rights Council, a Washington-based advocacy group, more than five million American children each year have their access to their noncustodial parents interfered with or blocked by custodial parents. Behind that statistic are legions of heroic divorced or separated fathers who fight a long, hard but generally unrecognized battle to remain a meaningful part of the lives of the children who love them and need them.
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MEN IN MARRIAGE... monthly column by Marty Feldman 
It's Time to Become "Relationship Warriors"
We’ve all heard it: men are clueless when it comes to relationships. Relationships are women’s territory, not men’s. It does seem true that testosterone and thousands of years of evolution give men the ability and inclination to be warriors, to go out, hunt and kill our prey, and to keep our tribe safe and equipped with food and shelter. In other words, we are equipped to respond to external stimulation with aggression and ambition. We often apply these skills today to our careers, and they are abundantly useful in athletics. But, compared to women, most men are much less comfortable and adept at looking inward, whether delving into the complexity of intimate relationships or exploring their own feelings.
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COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio
Taking Another Step
My father once wrote me, "I never thought I'd have a son turning 60!" He found it remarkable that we had both aged; I found it remarkable that he had written to me. That was only the second scrap of paper he had sent to me in those 60 years. (The other one was a commentary on the movie "Lonesome Dove" which I had sent him. He liked it.)
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THE NEW INTIMACY... monthly column by Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D.
The Masks We Wear...
Have you ever put on an act? You know, trying to appear a particular way, hoping people will believe something about you, something that isn't real but you want it to be. Or perhaps there's something about you you're not comfortable with and rather than be exposed you cover it over by putting on a "face."
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JEFF'S LIFE... monthly column by Jeff Stimpson
Car Talk... 
I like car trips, and not just because Jeff is doing all the driving. I like the sense of fun times about to unspool. The beach is waiting. There's music to sing along to (I brought the iPod accessory thing-y that plays it through a car stereo, and insisted on stopping for triple-A batteries to power it). When we're hungry, no crappy McDonalds for us: The latest sandwich (see below) is tightly wrapped in the cooler. Behind us: laundry, e-mail, bills, deadlines. In front of us: fried oysters, racks of brochures for outlet shopping and pirate adventures, driving back from the beach wearing a bathing suit in such low humidity that our hair is dry when we get home.
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DADS, DON'T FIX YOUR KIDS... monthly column by , M.A
Ten Reasons to Tell Your Kids Stories...
In today's busy world, many parents have lost the art of telling their stories to their kids. Here are some reasons why these stories are so beneficial, both for you and your kids: 
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TOWARD MANHOOD... A book in progress by Larry Pesavento

From chapter 10 Part 2... Persona
At some point in a man's life he realizes that he is at a crossroads. He may not know exactly what all the stakes are, but he knows he must make some crucial decisions that will greatly affect the rest of his life. This is a time in most men's lives toward the end of the age of the father.

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Men's Book Reviews by J. Steven Svoboda

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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