Gender & Masculinities

Blooming Beards | 2016 Calendar

December 15, 2015
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Blooming Beards | 2016 Calendar

Twelve beards, twelve men. One calendar, one cause. $2 from your purchase of this calendar will be donated to Men's Health Australia, helping to raise awareness of the social and psychological health and wellbeing of men and boys. So thanks! For sale ...
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Talk About Men: International Men’s Day Masculinity Debate now online | YouTube video | SoundCloud audio

November 25, 2015
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Talk About Men: International Men’s Day Masculinity Debate now online | YouTube video | SoundCloud audio

The International Men's Day Masculinity Debate, presented by Talk About Men, was a wonderful evening full of stimulation discussions. The event is now online at the following locations: You can listen to the entire unedited audio of the event on Sound...
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Talk About Men: International Men’s Day Masculinity Debate

November 3, 2015
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Talk About Men: International Men’s Day Masculinity Debate

To mark International Men's Day in Sydney on Thursday 19th November 2015, five great speakers will debate the question: "If masculinity is in crisis, what needs to change, men or society?" The speakers will include: Greg Andresen of the One in T...
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What do you think women’s genitals should look like?

August 28, 2015
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What do you think women’s genitals should look like?

  What do men think women’s genitals should look like? Why should anyone care? Because women are having pieces cut off their genitals to make them conform to an idealised standard that’s been likened to a Barbie doll: smooth, hairless...
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EMALE Issue 135 (June 2014)

June 1, 2014
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EMALE Issue 135 (June 2014)

In this month's issue: Being a man in 2014 by Dr Peter West Men’s Health Week June 9 - 15, 2014 Budget causes unnecessary long term pain back pain - visit the Back Cave news briefs Men’s magazine reading linked to unwanted sexual behavior...
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EMALE Issue 135 (June 2014)

June 1, 2014
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EMALE Issue 135 (June 2014)

In this month's issue: Being a man in 2014 by Dr Peter West Men’s Health Week June 9 - 15, 2014 Budget causes unnecessary long term pain back pain - visit the Back Cave news briefs Men’s magazine reading linked to unwanted sexual behavior...
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#ViolenceIsViolence: Domestic abuse advert Mankind

May 25, 2014
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#ViolenceIsViolence: Domestic abuse advert Mankind

The best ad about male victims of domestic violence we've ever seen. Already going viral with almost 1.5 million views. 40% of domestic violence is against men in the UK. #ViolenceIsViolence, no matter who it's aimed at. The Mankind helpline costs jus...
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

May 1, 2014
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

In this month's issue: Households struggle between pay days Airline child seating policies: all men are not potential paedophiles Male Menopause: No longer a myth by Jed Diamond men’s health services TRAINING PROGRAMS news briefs Men, Unemploym...
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

May 1, 2014
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

In this month's issue: Households struggle between pay days Airline child seating policies: all men are not potential paedophiles Male Menopause: No longer a myth by Jed Diamond men’s health services TRAINING PROGRAMS news briefs Men, Unemploym...
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Working with men and relationship issues – opportunities and challenges (Video)

January 8, 2014
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Working with men and relationship issues – opportunities and challenges (Video)

One of the highlights of the 2013 National Men's Health Gathering in Brisbane was the Men and Vulnerable Families Forum Plenary Session featuring presentations by Dr Warren Farrell (USA) and Glen Poole (UK). Titled Working with men and relati...
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Men die earlier but women’s health gets four times more funding | News.com.au

January 3, 2014
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Men die earlier but women’s health gets four times more funding | News.com.au

A spectacular gender gap has resulted in men's health problems being allocated a quarter of the funding women's health research gets, ranked just ahead of parasitic infections. This is even though men die four and a half years earlier than women, and ...
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University of South Australia Male Studies courses commencing in 2014

December 27, 2013
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University of South Australia Male Studies courses commencing in 2014

The first of the University of South Australia Male Studies courses planned for 2014 is now accepting applications for enrolment. You can find information about the first of the courses on offer – the Professional Certificate in Male Health and ...
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In defence of the Modern [Aussie] Man

December 9, 2013
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In defence of the Modern [Aussie] Man

On International Men’s Day this year (November 19th), advertising and marketing company M&C Saatchi released a White Paper titled The Modern Man. The Paper was the result of eight months of one-to-one interviews with 140 men, primar...
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EMALE Issue 129 (December 2013)

December 1, 2013
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EMALE Issue 129 (December 2013)

In this month's issue: The Global Men’s Movement and Australia’s role in it New book EQUALITY FOR MEN New graduate courses in male studies The Modern Aussie Man whitepaper healthy men in aged care men’s health services training progr...
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M&C Saatchi releases landmark study of Aussie Men to coincide with International Men’s Day

November 19, 2013
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M&C Saatchi releases landmark study of Aussie Men to coincide with International Men’s Day

M&C Saatchi yesterday released The Modern (Aussie) Man White Paper - an unprecedented qualitative study of Australian men to coincide with International Men's Day. The study is the result of eight months of one-to-one interviews with 140 men. Seve...
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21st Century Man: The Way Forward (Video)

November 5, 2013
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21st Century Man: The Way Forward (Video)

A stand-out session from the 2013 National Men's Health Gathering in Brisbane was the world-focus keynote discussion panel sponsored by the Australian Men's Health Forum, titled 21st Century Man: The Way Forward. This discussion about the changing...
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