The defensive posture it seems many men have taken in response to Gillette's "The Best Men Can Be" campaign is simply absurd. Calling the company's latest ad "an attack on men" is first and foremost a ...

In couples therapy, competent therapists don't take sides, or so they say. In truth, we take sides all the time; it's just that we usually do so in the privacy of our own mind. We're trained to keep ...

There’s been a song on my mind lately, by Gil Scott-Heron, called “Pieces of a Man.” Perhaps, you’ve heard it, too. It tells the story of a man who erupts into a violent outburst after learning he’d ...

Boys to Men is an interview series featuring conversations between author Thomas Page McBee and some of our favorite men about learning — and unlearning — masculinity. Trans men think a lot about ...

University of Southern California professor Leo Braudy talks about broader notions of the words "man" and "warrior" in his new book, From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of ...

This is a lyric from rapper Aminé, in his song “DOCTOR WHOEVER.” In his own words, he “was just letting people know the idea of a man in this day and age is many different things. It isn’t just your ...

An age-old rhyme suggests that the recipe for raising healthy, well-adjusted boys consists of snips, snails and puppy dog tails. However, with daily headlines about sexual harassment and mass ...

What does masculinity mean to you? This is the question retailer Bonobos asks in a new spot asking its followers to #EvolveTheDefinition of masculinity. Suggested Reading TikToker Breaks Down the One ...

The key is his post-boomer leadership style... Obama has displayed a kind of ESPN masculinity: postfeminist in his values, but also thoroughly traditional in style — hypercompetitive, restrained, not ...

In a Washington Post opinion piece, Boston University professor Joshua Pederson tries to cleanse himself of “failing at one of the basic tasks of parenthood” by declaring that toxic masculinity is ...