Story category: Gender
Sherlock &Watson: Damaged. Dysfunctional. Damn Compelling!
Sherlock doesn’t fit comfortably into the role assigned to him by society, but the disadvantages, as well as the advantages, of being set apart from other men are a major theme of the show…
SUICIDE, AN ISSUE FOR FEMINISTS
Jane Powell, Chief Exec of CALM, explains why CALM’s website contains some thought provoking articles on gender.
Why does the BBC make dads disappear?
Editor of RESET Magazine, Martin Cordiner, questions why a recent BBC documentary investigation the pressures on modern family life erased fathers from the discussion.
Is anyone listening?
Men are bombarded with mixed messages about whether they have a right to open up about what troubles them.
Men’s work: Above the glass ceiling or under the dirt floor?
A recent series of mining accidents highlights the unacknowledged danger of men’s work. Everyone has heard of the glass ceiling, but what about the dirt floor?
When my sons start bringing girlfriends home
Will it be OK to discreetly leer at them? Parenthood brings with it a lot of big questions: which school should my child go to? Should I ban, tolerate or simply join in with experimental drug taking? How will I [...]
Men, wake up: The gender matrix has you
I have something to tell you. I don’t think you’re going to like it. But I’m going to tell you anyway because it’s the truth. I want you to take the red pill. As men we’re told we have all [...]
Jobs For The Boys
A grubby little secret that we have all suspected for a very long time has been aired in a recent piece published by The Guardian on male unemployment levels. It made for very concerning reading for me, for obvious reasons.
Exclusion – A Boys Problem…
Around 80% of students permanently excluded from schools are boys. According to recent statistics, approximately 80% of students permanently excluded from schools are boys, about 8,000 of the 10,000 students excluded per year. In other words, boys are four times [...]
No longer needed?
Why is a single man of any age automatically ‘regretful’? This is a judgement that women reject, and so should men.
