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On-line Magazine of TheMensCenter.com | November 2000

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PRAISING THE SOUL IN WOMEN AND MEN:
ROBERT BLY AND THE MEN'S MOVEMENT...
article by  Thomas R.Smith
Ten years down the road, the issues that ignited Bly’s burst of high visibility in the early ’90s have not gone away.  In fact, they have intensified.  Incidents such as the tragic shootings in Littleton chillingly corroborate Bly’s observation that the souls of boys, as well as girls, are under siege in consumer society.  Many women seem to agree now with Bly’s contention that socializing younger men is primarily the job of older men, a source of bitter gender controversy in the early ’90s.
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COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio
Were they Good Men??
If you saw "Pvt. Ryan" do you remember the last scene? I think it was really the seminal point of the movie though everyone focuses on the realism of the battle footage. It was when Ryan turned to his wife and fervently asked if she thought he was a good man. He was asking if his surviving had been worth all it took in the face of what it cost. And it was also a question that, in his heart of hearts, every man asks at some point no matter what his life experience.
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REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS... column by J. Steven Svoboda
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THOUGHTS... monthly column by Larry Pesavento 
Midlife Ambush
Midlife, 35-55, is a crucial time because a man usually gets strong enough to start questioning the agenda, as well as his own happiness, at this time. There need be no shame, here, in that midlife is probably the modern time for the next psychological step of most men's maturation. This step is rarely accomplished earlier in a man's life. Fatherhood can be good preparation. However, it is not the end point, even if a man is a fine father. 
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TRANSITIONS... monthly column by Ken Byers, Ph.D.
Mush, Where are You?
Each gender of course, has its idiosyncrasies at various ages.  Many people believe that teenagers of any age or gender cease, for the most part, to be human for the greater part of that stage of life.  They seem to take on some unrecognizable form that only the likes of Steven Spielberg are able to deal with.  Male children between the ages of ten and thirteen are, however, distinctly unique in the way in which they view the world.  Such was the case with me and Mush..
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THE NEW INTIMACY... monthly column by relationship experts James Sniechowski, Ph.D. and Judith Sherven, Ph.D.
When we open to recognize and respect each other's "faults," we set the ground for the deepest trust, because we know we are loved through and through, "faults" and all. And, after all, none of us go through this life without "faults."
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