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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is no shortage of concern about the opioid abuse and mass shootings and toxic anger perpetrated by men. And there is no shortage of politicians and podcasters who jump onto the virtual stage to ...

There is no shortage of concern about the opioid abuse and mass shootings and toxic anger perpetrated by men. And there is no shortage of politicians and podcasters who jump onto the virtual stage to ...

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 ...