Men category: 939 books
by David B. Wexler, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
How to do better, more effective therapy with men.
Cultural norms and assumptions color the male experience of psychotherapy, and the traditional notions of masculinity to which many men still cling are, in many ways, antithetical to the tenets and goals of therapy. As a result, even the experienced...
Men on Strike
Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
American society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash and are consciously and unconsciously going on strike.” They are dropping out of college, leaving the workforce and avoiding marriage and fatherhood at alarming rates. The trend is so pronounced that a number of books have been...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities offers a comprehensive guide to the current state of scholarship about men, masculinities, and gender around the world. The Encyclopedia's coverage is comprehensive across three dimensions: areas of personal and social life, academic disciplines,...
The 10 Stupidest Mistakes Men Make When Facing Divorce
And How to Avoid Them
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The Knowledge Every Man Needs for a Successful Divorce
Each year 500,000 men will face divorce, and most of them make at least one crucial—and often irreversible—mistake. These errors might seem minor, such as moving out while things get sorted out, or thinking of “temporary” orders...
Are Men Obsolete?
The Munk Debate on Gender
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2014
For the first time in history, will it be better to be a woman than a man in the upcoming century? The twelfth semi-annual Munk Debate pits Hanna Rosin and Maureen Dowd against Caitlin Moran and Camille Paglia to debate one of the biggest socio-economic phenomena of our time — the relative decline...
Angry White Men
American Masculinity at the End of an Era
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
"Kimmel has made a career out of being what you might call a man-translator."-The Atlantic
The white American male voter is alive and well--and angry as hell.
Sociologist Michael Kimmel, one of the leading writers on men and masculinity, has spent hundreds of hours in the company...
Nothing's Wrong
A Man's Guide to Managing His Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Too many guys of all ages have only about half the information they need to live successful professional and personal lives. Most men are terrific with their thinking half--the part that deals with facts, figures, and information. Nothing's Wrong helps men find the half that's missing--the emotional...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 1992
Although studies of men and masculinity have gained momentum, little has been published that focuses on the media and their relationship to men as men. Men, Masculinity and the Media addresses this shortcoming. Scholars from across the social sciences investigate past media research on men and masculinity....
Fire in the Belly
On Being a Man
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
**“Sam Keen is one of the most creative, profound thinkers of our time. I personally have learned and benefited immensely from his books. He brings to the men's movement a new kind of practical wisdom that should help both men and women.”—John Bradshaw, author of Homecoming
How does one...
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2004
With the courage, honesty, and compassion that have made her one of America's most provocative authorities on modern culture, bell hooks takes on the interior lives of men and answers their most intimate questions about love.
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. In this groundbreaking...
Androphilia: A Manifesto
Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
“...like a blowtorch to the forehead.†-- The Bay Area Reporter “...will soon be required reading for young homosexual men looking for an alternative to disco balls, rainbow flags and celebrity gossip.†-- Just Out, Portland “a straight-talking Drill Instructor for today’s gay generation,...
Men and Feminism
Seal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
There's no denying that men's involvement and interest in feminism is key to its continuing relevance and importance. Addressing the question of why men should care about feminism in the first place, Men and Feminism lays the foundation for a larger discussion about feminism as a human issue, not...
(Un)covering Men
Rewriting Masculinity and Health in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Between 2009 and 2011, journalism fellows of the HIV & AIDS Media Project undertook in-depth research looking to write about men, masculinity, and HIV in a new way, and the result is this compendium of articles, blogs, and photo essays. It showcases a diversity of men, each facing a unique context...
by Gerald Perlman, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men and the second leading cause of deaths in men, after lung cancer. Men have a one in six chance of diagnosis with the number doubling for gay couples. While biology between gay and heterosexual men is the same, cultural differences in the...