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Yoga: Rebalancing My Life
‘Yoga has taught me to embrace both the yin and yang, the right and left, and the male and female that is within me.’ One reason I started yoga was to find balance in my life. I was upside down, and I...
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If Gender Is a Performance, I’ll Take the Part of Female, Please
In her reply to Hugo Schwyzer’s post about masculinity, Lisa Hickey asks for a difference to remain between masculinity and femininity. When I first heard the words “gender is a performance,” in a...
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Manliness Is Like Pornography
‘You can’t make a list of the things that qualify someone for manliness; there’s no checklist. You can’t tell what manly really is.’ This piece is part of a special series on the End of Gender. This...
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A Lover and a Fighter
Michael Rhodes discusses a soulful masculinity and the misstep of defining masculinity against femininity. “Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.” So goes the old Celtic motto quoted by Robert...
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“There’s something important, even sacred, about ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’.”
This comment is by Frederick Marx on the post Why I Can’t Write What’s Good About Masculinity by Joanna Schroeder. I think there’s something important, even sacred about “masculine” and “feminine.”...
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Switcheroo: A Confrontational Gender-Bending Experiment
Hana Pesut’s Switcheroo photos expose how gender and identity are defined by the clothing we choose to wear. Joanna Schroeder and her husband volunteer to participate in the experiment. Hana Pesut’s...
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“We’ve forgotten that being heroic doesn’t mean being strong all the time; it...
This is a comment by J.G. te Molder and Lori Ann on the post “Confronting the Superhero Myth“. J.G. te Molder said: “One should notice a recurring theme in all heroes, super or not: they are...
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“Saying men only shack up because of sex or 1950′s reasoning reduces men to...
This is a comment by ogwriter on the post “Breaking News from Fox columnist: Women aren’t Women Anymore“. Alice originally said: “Men aren’t going to be as interested in marriage because they get...
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“Traditional gender roles breaking down threatens people’s self-concept and...
This is a comment by Jonathan G on the post “My Sons’ Easy-Bake Oven Shame“. Jonathan G said: Joanna, I think it’s causation, not just correlation: They Easy-Bake Oven turned more girly than ever...
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Philip Werner Talks Vaginas, Nakedness & Body Image
The taboos around our bodies, and around the vagina, in particular, allow shame to flourish. Could embracing the vagina eradicate sexual violence? Taboos are made to be broken and the taboo around...
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Exiting the Gene Pool
THE VASECTOMY FILES: A Film by Jonathan Stack I’m now in Sydney, Australia putting the finishing touches on our documentary, THE VASECTOMIST. Three years making this film, and my whole life dealing...
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How Narcissism Harms Your Relationships
How to shut up and listen: Lion Goodman’s advice on improving our relationships by becoming more empathetic and less self-centered. [Note: In this article, I speak as a masculine man in relationship...
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She’s A Wonder: Three Men Chat About One Wonder Woman
Savas Abadsidis and Randy Ham (with a little help from Wonder Woman writer/artist Phil Jimenez) chat about the current Wonder Woman and what makes her different than the Wonder Woman we’ve all come to...
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The Dream of an Inclusive Masculinity
Jackson Bliss grew up in a time when gender was “part crowd control and part Schindler’s List”. He now realizes just how complex masculinity is. — As a teenager, I was a tiny casualty of gender...
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Check M, F, or Other: 10 Questions about Gender
Colin, 18, of Huntsville, AL (mostly) JJ Vincent asked an 18-year-old about gender, identity, self-expression, and what defines a man. Colin is a friend of mine who I met at a local Artists Market that...
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It’s Not Our Story – It’s Your Story
Is there room for all of us? There’s a long history of groups policing other people’s stories, deciding whose is right and wrong. JJ Vincent would like to see that stop. “It obviously wasn’t that...
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Be a Better Man by Being Ah-Mused.
Lawrence Grodecki claims there is a simple way for each of us to be a little greater. “Behind every great man is a great woman.” But where is this source of the woman’s greatness? Does this take us...
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Rethinking Masculinity: Is Masculinity (As We Know It) In Crisis?
Sophie Moss examines the evolution of gender norms. — Ladies, make room for the new breed of masculinity spearheading twenty-first century gender politics: the new man. Traditionally, to be a man...
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Chris Christie is Too Tough for Today’s “Feminized Atmosphere”?
It took a few days for Fox News to circle the focus groups on the Chris Christie political apocalypse and finally come up with what polls well with their viewership. And here it is: Chris Christie is...
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What is Your Love Energy Really Attracting?
Confused about whether you should be a nice guy or a macho man? The answer is YES. As a 10 year old I first saw the Yin-Yang symbol in Spencer’s Gift Shop and thought it looked pretty cool. I was told...
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