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Crisis of Fatherhood Fuels the Fires of London

In the face of the London riots, Chris Flux writes, rather than blaming the lack of father figures, we should encourage fathers to be role models. I’m British. As you know, riots have exploded in...

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The Man Without Fear: Heroism and Elementary School

Dr. Matt Finch knows fear. He has taken a class of first graders to the beach. This was previously published at Role/Reboot. You think you know fear? I was only knee-deep in icy seawater, but that was...

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Male Role Models in Avatar: The Last Airbender

Noah Brand explains how there is no gender war in Ba Sing Se. The 2000s were, many critics and fans agree, the Decade When TV Got Good. Some mark the transition from the 1999 premiere of The Sopranos,...

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Children Will Listen

Greg White spent a summer teaching a ten-year-old nephew to run, and changed both their lives. I want to leave something behind on this world besides tiny water bottles and shoes—something to say that...

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What If My Son Doesn’t Like Star Wars?

Neil Sheppard explains to his wife that there’s more to Star Wars than light saber duels. It all started very innocently. It was my son’s first Christmas and I felt I should make the effort to get him...

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I Like That My Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend Is Hairy

Why another man’s back hair makes me happy. My ex-wife’s boyfriend has back hair. A lot of it. I know I’m not supposed to take pleasure in such things, and follicle-ly speaking I’m certainly no prize....

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The Function of Adrenalin in Boys’ Rites of Passage

The young generation can be a threat to the status quo, or an energy source that needs direction, depending on how we meet the challenge.  Old rites In our ancestral past, and within the last few...

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How to Become a Warrior

The warrior is sensitive enough to discern truth, and has the courage to stand up for it. Are you tough enough to be a warrior? Probably not … at least, not if you define your toughness as a man by...

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“So how do we reach boys who have every single male role model walk out on...

If there was ever a reason to have the difficult conversations we do, this is why. Join us as a premium, charter member of The Good Men Project. —- Today @timbarrus asked us on Twitter: “So how do we...

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Join the International Men’s Movement Today

A global call to action from Glen Poole, the Good Men Project’s new international men’s movement editor. Do you care about what happens to the world’s 3.5 billion men and boys? If so, I want to invite...

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Can Single Women Raise Boys to Become Men?

No one raises a man alone; it takes a village. We need to make sure we include positive men in our villages, too. I was raised in a single mother household. For the first few years of my life, it was...

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What Real Men Talk About

Justin Cascio talks to T Cooper, author of Real Man Adventures, about writing, crying, and being a real man. As I read Real Man Adventures, I took notes. Early on, I fill pages with my annoyances:...

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Johnny Cash: Life, Love, and the Magic of Being Your Badass Self

Chantele Theroux on how to live and love like the Man in Black. “Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.”—Johnny Cash For as much of a progressively...

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“I knew that I wouldn’t be allowed to try cooking and I never knew of any...

This is a comment by Nick says. on the comment of the day: “I don’t want to know whether men can or can’t cook — I want to know WHY they do or don’t cook.”   Nick says. said: As a guy who’s a terrible...

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Pompadours and Circumstance: A Thank You Note to Conan O’Brien

Raised among rough-edged men, Katherine Markovich found an unlikely male role model in Conan O’Brien. The only way I can even begin to articulate the feelings I have for Conan O’Brien and his career...

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How Can We Help Boys Fulfill Their Dreams?

How can men make a difference for boys? Canadian man calls on Good Men Project community for advice on how to create an event for boys in his local school on International Men’s Day. From time to time...

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Life in the Man Deserts

Why are more children than ever are growing up with no male role models in sight? By the time of the next General Election, the UK is expected to have reached an unwelcome milestone—the number of lone...

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“How I Met Your Mother” and the Dysfunctional Dad Narrative

Will our fathers’ stories be our own? ——— Many flaws in CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother” have been shrugged off as acceptable byproducts of the protagonist Ted Mosby’s unreliable narration, from plot...

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Good Men on Film: Six Characters Who Taught Me to be a Man

  Eric Shapiro on six positive male pop culture role models. Film history is loaded with rotten men: criminals, hustlers, cheats, scoundrels, liars, wimps, maniacs, idiots, overgrown children. I’m not...

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5 Annoying Things Male Teachers Hear

Tweet Teaching is still considered to require or reward qualities we consider inherently feminine.  ___ The male teacher, even a community college teacher like me, is still a topic of consternation for...

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