President Obama has a well established history of derogating fathers. In fact, hating on fathers, especially ones too poor and broken after the family court gauntlet to pay child support, has been a kind of political platform for the man. Neil Westlake wants to know if there is more of the same on the way.
Clayton Craddock takes on Hallmark’s “Father’s day cards for mom” line and how it promotes the dysfunctional belief that mothers and fathers are interchangeable, on the one day set aside to celebrate fatherhood. If we want fathers to value being fathers, we need to honor the unique skills they bring to parenthood and not imply fathers are an extraneous add-on to families.
Perhaps one of the greatest tragedies of the modern sexual zeitgeist is that we have lost track of the fundamentals. The things we learned as children that informed us of how to get along, with ourselves and others, seem to have been unlearned. Mark Trueblood offers a refresher course in humanity.
Paul Elam takes us through an imaginary conversation with two average, imaginary men. They talk about sports and politics and of course, tits. And they get down to the real essence of a man’s worth. His work. It is not a conversation that goes well, even in Paul Elam’s hopeful imagination.
Facts, as encapsulated by statistics of the workplace dead, or the homeless, or the male dominance in suicide – these will not move public opinion. They are moved by the connection of human experience and emotion. Men need to tell thier stories in thier own voices.
Prostitution: exploitation and domination of women? Or exploitation and subjugation of men? Or simply an honest transaction? Beyond all that debate, though, new AVfM contributor Jason Gregory notes, that until we bring men and their experience of being used as disposable utilities by women that we can even address such questions effectively.
Fathers 4 Justice veteran and Director at the consultancy Helping Men Glen Poole, having recovered from a bit of a dustup recently, has some great thoughts on where we are today in the men’s movement. We aren’t done yet, there’s a lot to do, but by God we’re going to do it!
After the tragedy that struck Boston we are once again a nation seeking answers and solutions. How are people convinced to take the lives of others for political goals? Robert Franklin offers the idea that part of the solution may well be written into the pages of this website.
In the world of sexual politics there is unending discussion about how to control and tame the sexuality of young men, which is admittedly strong and dominant in their lives. What to do? Stay out of their way and shut up says Paul Elam. There is nothing at all wrong with men to begin with.
The great failing of many women is that they have not learned that three hours of nagging is not foreplay. Is anyone surprised we are starting to see them blog about men losing sexual interest?
