Monthly Archives: August 2011

Depression Part Three: Social Support

Posted on August 31, 2011 by ozymandias

(Author’s Note: Much of the material for this post and subsequent posts in this series comes from this document on men’s mental health problems.) Men are currently undergoing a social support crisis. “Social capital” is the social connectedness of a particular person– … Continue reading →

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Femmephobia: Two Misconceptions

Posted on August 31, 2011 by ozymandias

Mod Note: If you want to go argue about trans people and cissexism, argue on this thread. I have recently been doing a lot of posts about femmephobia, i.e., the cultural fear, hatred and devaluation of femininity (i.e. weakness, vulnerability … Continue reading →

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Shakesville Has An Excellent Post On Rape Culture

Posted on August 30, 2011 by ozymandias

I am a ridiculous Melissa McEwan fangirl, and this post today cements my love: Also: I suspect, though I could be wrong, that if the letter-writer had been a woman whose platonic male friend had twice masturbated in bed with … Continue reading →

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Young at Heart?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by 2020

There’s no denying that we live in an extremely youth orientated culture; we’re saturated with it, from an early age we learn that to be young and a is best, but also that Men who attempt to hold onto their … Continue reading →

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Height

Posted on August 29, 2011 by noahbrand

Sometimes I feel like height, physical height, is the elephant in the room when it comes to hegemonic masculinity. Everyone knows it’s a giant friggin’ deal, but nobody wants to talk about it, because, as the inimitable Greta Christina pointed … Continue reading →

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Progress in Sports Culture: Hazing on the decline in pro sports :3

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Ami Angelwings

Mod note: Criticizing Ami’s grammar or spelling is off-topic. Any comments that criticize Ami’s grammar or spelling will be deleted. In pro sports hazing is out of the shadows and on the wane – The Toronto Star “Hazing definitely has a … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, femmephobia, news, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, sports, violence | 20 Comments

Scientific Study of PUA Techniques

Posted on August 27, 2011 by ozymandias

Science Daily has an interesting press release from new research about pick-up artistry. Turns out that pick-up techniques do work… on sexist women. Hall and Canterberry set out to understand the characteristics of men who use aggressive court-ship strategies, based on speed … Continue reading →

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Why We Fight

Posted on August 26, 2011 by noahbrand

Figleaf’s thought-provoking post on perceived masculinity got linked to by none other than Ann Althouse yesterday, in case any of our regular readers were wondering why the comments to that post contained much more troglodytic bullshit than usual. Thing is, … Continue reading →

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Depression Part Two: Providing Emotional Support To Men Who Are Depressed

Posted on August 25, 2011 by ozymandias

(Note: Through this piece, I referenced the depressed person as “a man” and “he,” because this is part of a series about men with depression. Much of my advice, however, applies to depressed people of all genders.) The most important … Continue reading →

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Strictly Moderated: Fat Is A Masculist Issue

Posted on August 25, 2011 by sirgabe

Ozymandias Note: NSWATM is proud to welcome Sir Gabe, who also goes by Succubus Boy, as our first guest blogger. He is a trans man who plans mostly to discuss issues of intersectionality for men. Now, we’ve all heard that “fat … Continue reading →

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