MENSIGHT Index Octoberber 2000

BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH...
  By Surviving Male Menopause examines the most current medical happenings, then focuses more strongly on the emotional, personal side of this life passage. Its effect on relationships and on the individuals involved is unmistakable. Through the recently rising voices of the men and women experiencing this change, Diamond seeks to show women and men how they can emerge on the other side happy, healthy and fulfilled.

REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS... column by J. Steven Svoboda
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THOUGHTS... monthly column by Larry Pesavento 
Real Men's Magazine?
I occasionally see a commercial on TV that makes me oddly uncomfortable and more. There is a voice-over for a men's magazine that makes it clear that this magazine is for real men. Besides making a statement that seems to say that real men are interested in good food and bad women, the voice talks of what real men should be uninterested in. The voice makes it clear that this magazine is not for those trying to find their inner child. Obviously real men either don't have an inner child, or they don't care about them. A man should be thinking of manly things, not childish things. 
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COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio
What Happened to Accountability?
It seems to have happened right after World War ll. The twin traumas of the Depression and the War which threatened our security to its very roots gave rise, as the men and women returned to the peace time reconstruction of their lives, to an effort to make things better, especially for their kids. "I want my kids to have all the things I couldn't have when I was growing up." was the typical mind set. This included not just "stuff", but also a greater latitude of freedom. We had been very frightened by the '30's and '40's, we didn't want to be frightened anymore.
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TRANSITIONS... monthly column by Ken Byers, Ph.D.
Herstory/History
One of the many realities that we face now, and increasingly so in the next 25 years, are the forces that changing age demographics offer the word in the 21st century.  One of the more interesting aspects of that change is the tremendous number of men and women who will reach their fifties and sixties and find themselves out of the traditionally competitive work market, many by choice rather than chance.  With a higher level of health and wealth than ever before in history, these "seniors" will not be satisfied with spending their retirement in recreational vehicles and playing pinochle in the Arizona sun. They will be just as vibrant and creative in their fifties, sixties and seventies as they were in their twenties & thirties and they will be increasingly unwilling to do nothing..
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ON-LINE RESOURCES FOR FATHERS... article by John Black
  writes a monthly column called Focus on Fathers for Baltimore's Child.  Focus on Fathers is dedicated to helping today’s fathers and other men in caring roles enhance bonds with their children, family, and community.
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THE NEW INTIMACY... monthly column by relationship experts James Sniechowski, Ph.D. and Judith Sherven, Ph.D.
That little red flower became a portal, a threshold into the world of the ordinary and the sacred, into something completely expected and yet utterly surprising. That's the pleasure and the reward of real intimacy. It takes you through what you already know out beyond your imagination..
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FATHERS HONOR ROLL... Pay tribute to your father (grandfather, great grandfather, etc.) on our perpetual Fathers Honor Roll page
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