Entering into the practice of organizing and participating in men’s groups with this aim it has become apparent that men who have work to do in this area are not universally seeing women as inferior. Conventionally feminism seeks to raise the level of access and agency that women have in the world by pointing out […]
When we talk of freedom, of liberty, and agency we talk of the ability to shape a reality that is aligned with our vision of how the world should be. Last month, we looked at our definition of goodness and our ideal reality. When we talk of struggle, we point to the hardship that we must endure […]
There has been, and will always be a dividing line between those that feel proper decorum is the only thing that separates us from savages, and those that feel pleasantries are frivolous and deceptive. It comes up in matters of business, and art, politics, friendship, and relationship everyday life. With the digital age the transmission of […]
We use the word “narcissist” to describe so many people who are vain or self-centered that we may not know the origin of the word. It comes from a name greek mythology of a hunter named Narcissus who would reject anyone that loved him. He was tricked into staring at a pool of water by […]
When we think of all the men who have been outed for sexual assault and harassment in the past few weeks we have seen every kind of reaction. Some people have outright condemned them, but others have been more forgiving, stating their contributions to society outweigh their individual acts. This study from Amit Bhattacharjee Jonathan Z. Berman, […]
How do you know what is “good” ? It is one of the oldest questions we have on record, and there are several answers. It depends on what we are talking about actually right? If we mean a piece of cake, we might mean that it tastes sweet, moist, and fluffy. But that much carbs […]
In The Illustrated World’s Religions, Huston Smith chronicles several religions of the world and identifies features that are found throughout. Huston’s they findings “appear so regularly as to suggest that their seeds are in the human make up.” 1. Authority Religion is as complex as government or medicine, so it stands to reason that talent and attention to […]
It might be something as simple as money. Or it might be something more elusive live love or happiness, even fulfillment. Whatever it is, we all have something inside of us that we want, desire, or need. Each of those is something that we thing will change the tides of our fortune and create a […]
As offensive as it may seem for someone to tell you to “relax” when you are in a crisis, they are actually right. The reasoning for them dolling out this advice is usually ill intentions and it is often given without tact which perfectly explains why it creates the opposite effect in people. But if […]
The world is a crazy place. Did you hear about the Austrian guy who kept his daughter locked in the basement and fathered her seven children?! It’s a story so radical that it shocks everyone that hears the tale and its not even the wildest one. The other day there was a documentary on that talked […]
