The Ancient Greek story The Odyssey describes a man attempting to go his own way while enduring temptation by the Sirens, those femme fatales who pull men away from their chosen paths and into inevitable destruction. Our hero Odysseus shows that with awareness and skill, we can sail right past the temptresses and on to our chosen destination.
Male celibacy leads directly to rape, murder and the beastly use of sodomy – so claim two women who in 1707 proposed the remedy of a bachelor tax, combined with severe punishments for unmarried men.
Lester Ward developed his ‘gynæcocentric theory’ in a speech in 1888, providing a touchstone for later feminists and evolutionary psychologists interested in female superiority.
Neither feminism, nor traditional gynocentrism. The time for the multi-option man is now.
Was coverture really erased as a social doctrine? Peter Wright takes a look.
Elizabeth Hobson commemorates Father’s Day
Review of Paul Elam’s new book ‘Men. Women. Relationships. Surviving the Plague of Modern Masculinity’
A tribute to fathers and sons, by Egard Watch Co.
Michael Kimmel’s notion of ‘aggrieved entitlement’ has a much broader application than he is willing to admit.
