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MENSIGHT Magazine
MENSIGHT: The Journal of Conscious Masculinity On-line Magazine of TheMensCenter.com
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Nearly half a million preemies are born in the US every year. Alex was born in June of 1998. He weighed 21 ounces. He spent the first year of his life in the hospital. What keeps a family going when a child spends a year in the hospital? In compelling prose, Stimpson traces the life of his child from birth to kindergarten: four wings in two hospitals; coming home with a roomful of medical gear and round-the-clock drugs and nursing; the gains and downturns of home therapy through Early Intervention; finding and prospering in a special-needs pre-school; a diagnosis of autism; and the ongoing battle to give Alex a fair shot at childhood, and at life.
JEFF'S LIFE... monthly column by Jeff Stimpson, author of ALEX The Silent Fit
By the time we pulled into the pizza joint, Ned's idea of behaving had become to wait at least two and a half minutes between demands. Part of the burden on Ned to behave stems from, unfairly I realize, his parents' need to settle Alex into a booth or table in a restaurant. Alex has always been liable to bolt. Tonight, maybe showing prescience to what was coming, Alex seemed content to study the placemat and occasionally and quietly ask for crackers. We'd hoped he's eat pizza, but so far he eats in only one pizza place, on 96th Street in Manhattan. And besides, he was right there a moment before when we'd hit a grocery store for $1.99 boxes of Cheese Nips. Go to Article Jeff's Life Archive
Guest Article... by Steven Stosny, PhD. The Age of Anger and Resentment - Part one They called the time of my early childhood the "Age of Anxiety." It was an eponym drawn from W. H. Auden’s 1947 poem, that inspired Leonard Bernstein’s haunting symphony and ballet. Scientists churned out impersonal forms of destruction measured in "megatons." We crouched under school desks, our heads covered with bony arms and hidden between our knees. (Someone thought that would save us in the event of nuclear attack.) Our parents built bomb shelters and stocked them with canned goods. Endless industrial strikes and lockouts made them wonder whether they could keep their new pre-fab houses. We began to worry that the planet might not support the greatest population explosion in the history of humankind. We feared communism, demagogues, something called the "yellow peril," polio, genetic mutation, and teenage gangs wielding chains and switch blade knives. Anxiety rose from threats to security that were broad and great, faceless, formless, indifferent, and impersonal, hovering just outside the flickering gray lights of our new TV sets. Go to Article
COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio I'm Not Ready For That Close-up!
I couldn't be happier that all the post season baseball is over. Understand that I was really pleasantly surprised to see the Red Sox blast the Yankees four-in-a-row in that spectacular series. That was a miracle many of us have been waiting for for years and years. Go to ArticleCoyote Archive
Guest Article... by Maxine Marz Disclosing Husband Abuse: Part 2 of Four Parts Last month’s article highlighted the often under-reported incident of husband abuse and illuminated how existent gender biases in society prevent many abused men from reporting their private ordeal of domestic violence to the authorities and/or to their families, friends and colleagues. This article explores the emotional abuses some husbands experience and grapple with in an intimate relationship. Go to Article
DADS, DON'T FIX YOUR KIDS... monthly column by , M.A Can Dads Join Their Family?
Fathers are notorious for being “fixers.” When something goes wrong or isn’t working well, fathers want to jump in and fix it. This works very well for sinks, but not so well for sons and daughters. Kids who feel as though they’re being fixed a lot tend to suffer from low self-esteem. Go to Article
Guest Article... by Marty Nemko, Career Coach The Real Reason So Few Women are In the Boardroom
Unlike in typical media portrayals, male senior executives don’t spend much time hang-gliding. In the real world, here’s how it more often plays out, as reported to me by my many clients who are male senior executives. Their exercise is more likely to be on a treadmill while doing their professional reading. If they’re married, when their wife insists, “You need to take on more of the domestic chores and parenting!,” he is likely to say something like, “I want to rise to the top, and you want me to, too. I like my work, and you like our lifestyle and that we can afford to pay for our kids to go to private school. That requires lots of evenings and weekends. I spend as much time with the family as I can.” Go to Article
Guest Article... by Chip Gibbons The Selective Service: Discrimination, Tyranny, and Genocide Against Males
I walked into a local post office to send a stuffed animal to my newborn niece. There, I found a brochure that explained how males who are 18-25 are required to register for the Selective Service System. Inside, under the question "Will I Be Drafted?" the brochure said, "The fact that a man is required to register does not mean that he will be drafted. No one has been drafted since 1973. No one can be drafted into the military unless ordered by the Congress and the President. A draft would most likely occur only in the event of war or national emergency." [emphasis mine]. Go to Article
TOWARD MANHOOD... A book in progress by Larry Pesavento A Journey to the Wilderness of the Soul From chapter 6...The Age of the Father A boy is hardwired to become a man. He is hardwired to be initiated. Yet his hardwiring is dependent on the actions of other men. His hardwiring is dependent on a network of older men. If a boy is kept from men who will guide him to manhood, his destiny is blocked. Other men must consciously turn on the hardware.
MILITARYHONOR ROLL... Pay tribute to the Veterans or Active Duty military in your life on our perpetual Military Honor Roll page Go to Military Honor Roll
FATHERS HONOR ROLL... Pay tribute to your father (grandfather, great grandfather, etc.) on our perpetual Fathers Honor Roll page Go to Fathers Honor Roll
MENSIGHT Magazine is another free service of The Men's Resource Network, Inc. (MRN). It has grown out of the response that we have received from articles posted on TheMensCenter.com (TMC), our official web-site. The first issue went on-line on May 1, 2000. (Archive)
MENSIGHT is dedicated to publishing diverse articles for and about men. We believe that there are valuable lessons to be learned from the advocates of all the various men's issues.
MENSIGHT will publish articles, stories and information that will be welcomed by many and controversial to others. We offer the magazine for your edification but you are free to disagree or reject what you do not like. Be advised that we do not necessarily agree with every position that is expressed here.
We hope that you will be entertained, informed, educated, stimulated, and/or motivated by what you read here. We seek to empower men to be the authority of their own lives. We do not seek to tell men what to think or feel.
A boy is hardwired to become a man. He is hardwired to be initiated. Yet his hardwiring is dependent on the actions of other men. His hardwiring is dependent on a network of older men. If a boy is kept from men who will guide him to manhood, his destiny is blocked. Other men must consciously turn on the hardware.