Category Archives: health

Possible Male Birth Control?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by ozymandias

In India right now, RISUG— the reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance– is undergoing Phase III clinical trials. If it ends up working out, RISUG would make a truly amazing contraceptive. It’s a “set it and forget it”contraceptive, like Depo … Continue reading →

Posted in awesomeness, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, penis, sexuality | Tagged child support, male birth control, male contraception, risug | 100 Comments

Advertising Sins: From Cracked!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by ozymandias

Via Cracked, we have the five most insulting ways products are advertised to men. I’m going to assume you’ve gone over there and read the article, on account of my article will be far more boring and lacking in dick … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising sins, femmephobia, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged anti-intellectualism, beauty myth, cracked, diet, femmephobia, hegemonic masculinity | 38 Comments

Reddit Loves the Body Hate

Posted on April 6, 2012 by ozymandias

TW for body policing and hat tip to Kate. Brought to us courtesy of the Funny reddit, we have an alleged “joke” that has many unique traits, such as not being remotely funny, unless you happen to be amused by … Continue reading →

Posted in body image, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged body image, masculinity, muscles, reddit | 29 Comments

Advertising Sins: Food and Masculinity

Posted on March 12, 2012 by ozymandias

(Hat tip to Sociological Images.) I have previously expressed my puzzlement at the bizarre gendering of food. Men like Big Portions, did you know? And meat! Women like teeny portions and gourmet food and vegetables, possibly because they are always … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising sins, femmephobia, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged food, masculinity, sociological images, women are elves | 34 Comments

The Before Body

Posted on February 27, 2012 by ozymandias

(Hat tip to Sociological Images.) Below the cut, we have a fascinating video in which a man becomes both the “before” and the “after” body for a weight-loss, muscle-gain ad– within only a few hours. To get the after body, he … Continue reading →

Posted in body image, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged body image, magazines, photoshop, sociological images | 78 Comments

Why Are Vegetables Unmanly Again?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by ozymandias

LabRat at Atomic Nerds, in a side point in a post about Michelle Obama’s new vegetables-in-the-military policy, says: As a side comment from the “vegetable guy yet” remark, there is also a very weird sort of gender war going on in … Continue reading →

Posted in blog responses, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged atomic nerds, food, healthy food | 71 Comments

Male Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Posted on January 9, 2012 by ozymandias

I recently came across (possibly via Scarleteen) this awesome report about male adolescent sexual health within the primary care setting. According to the study, male sexual health is quite often overlooked within the clinical setting. Pediatricians are three times more likely … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, health, homosexuality, intersectionality, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, penis, relationships | Tagged adolescent, adolescent reproductive health, domestic violence, pregnancy, reproductive health, sex, sexual assault, stis, teen pregnancy, young adult | 46 Comments

World AIDS Day

Posted on December 2, 2011 by ozymandias

Today is World AIDS Day.* It has been three decades since the first young gay men started getting Kaposi’s sarcoma. Many people, including me, have never lived in a world where sex couldn’t kill you. 33 million people across the … Continue reading →

Posted in health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged aids, hiv, homophobia, iv drug users, public health, queer, stigma, world aids day | 36 Comments

Herman Cain on What Makes a Man a Man

Posted on November 17, 2011 by ozymandias

From a GQ puff piece about GOP frontclown and accused sexual harasser Herman Cain: Chris Heath: What can you tell about a man by the type of pizza that he likes? Herman Cain: [repeats the question aloud, then pauses for a long … Continue reading →

Posted in femmephobia, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, Uncategorized | Tagged food, Herman Cain, men's health, pizza, vegetables | 14 Comments

Food Trends Men Hate

Posted on October 17, 2011 by ozymandias

Yahoo has tapped into the Great Male Hivemind to find out what food all men everywhere hate. Apparently, you do this by asking a couple of dudes what kind of food they aren’t fond of. Judging by this logic and … Continue reading →