MENSIGHT Index July 2000

BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH...

by Christina Hoff Sommers
"This book tells the story of how it has become fashionable to attribute pathology to millions of healthy male children. It is a story of how we are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world. No one denies that boys' aggressive tendencies must be checked and channeled in constructive ways. Boys need discipline, respect, and moral guidance. Boys need love and tolerant understanding. They do not need to be pathologized." John J. Miller
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THE NEW INTIMACY... a new monthly column by relationship experts James Sniechowski and Judith Sherven
No matter how much two people have in common, they will always be different in significant and in tiny ways. The question is -- do you feel free to speak up and deal with issues that bug you, hurt you, scare you when your partner behaves in ways you don't like? Or are you afraid that speaking up will threaten your relationship?
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THOUGHTS... monthly column by Larry Pesavento 
Men, Boys and Sports.  "Long live sport!" These are the words of a commercial, words that stir my blood and boil it at the same time. Sport was my first love, my friend, my mentor. The gym was my second home. Sport taught me the love of teamwork and the love of teammates. It taught me focus and perseverance. It taught me how to win well and lose well. Sport taught me how to be with other boys, then other men, in a kind of intimacy that felt good and safe. Sport taught me an important way to be in the community of men and to be confident enough to do important work. 
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TRANSITIONS... monthly column by Ken Byers, Ph.D.
The Same Young Boys. It's been a very long day.  Up at 6:00 a.m., write for a couple of hours, work all day, do some errands and run a men's group until 9:30 p.m.  Now it's 11:30 and I'm standing in a smoky bar, but I neither smoke nor drink.  At 51 I'm easily the oldest person here.  My saving grace is that I don't have the shortest hair.
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COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio
Kids as Killers. I would like to avoid talking about the rash of school killings that has plagued us all over the past two years, but I guess I can't. The reason I don't want to talk about it is that I have nothing intelligent to say... as if that would stop me.
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FATHERS HONOR ROLL... Pay tribute to your father (grandfather, great grandfather, etc.) on our perpetual Fathers Honor Roll page  Go to Fathers Honor Roll