Venue
Eastern Beach Reserve, Waterfront, Geelong
Dates
24.03.2013 - 24.03.2013
Time
10am - 3pm
Institution
Barwon Health
Cost
Free
Contact Details
Peter Kelly
42153470
peter.kelly@barwonhealth.org.au
Event Detai...
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Venue
Eastern Beach Reserve, Waterfront, Geelong
Dates
24.03.2013 - 24.03.2013
Time
10am - 3pm
Institution
Barwon Health
Cost
Free
Contact Details
Peter Kelly
42153470
peter.kelly@barwonhealth.org.au
Event Detai...
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Spring sunshine on a Tuesday morning and I am musing on the emails and letters that I have been receiving over the past few months from mothers, fathers, grandparents and other family members, all on the subject of family separation, some on related is...
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This op-ed has been published on Online Opinion.
The 1 Billion Rising campaign has created a YouTube video called "Man Prayer," with words by Eve Ensler and film by Tony Stroebel.
The video notes read as follows:
Violence against women hurts everyone,...
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Illustration by Ben Javens
Boys score as well as or better than girls on most standardized tests, yet they are far less likely to get good grades, take advanced classes or attend college. Why? A study coming out this week in The Journal of ...
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In this month's issue:
7 nutrients all men need
Men’s Health Week Community Grants
Work mental health issues cost billions
engaging men national training seminar
barriers that prevent older men getting help
Are you concerned about men and boys ab...
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This book is, in a word, courageous, in one sense in particular: it exposes how ideologies, “isms”
based on an assumed superiority in which one group feels entitled to power over another, have no
place in the quest for social justice, equal...
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David Gilmore in his expertly crafted study of masculinity, Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts
of Masculinity (1992), points out that manhood is nearly ubiquitous in the cultures of the world.
Very early on in his book, Gilmore introduces us to the Fox Indians, one of the aboriginal peoples of
North America, whose word for manhood translates...
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The centrality of a father or male mentor in the life of a young man is discussed by the director of St. Francis House, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. A brief description of this home for boys 18 years and older who have come from extremely difficu...
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The work of commercial artist Jan H. Andersen, who is well known for his stock images of boys and men, is discussed in this biographical essay that reveals much more than his work as an artist. He describes his journey from doing social work with child...
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Fear, vulnerability, stigma, and masculinity are important concepts to consider when promoting health among males. However, most health education efforts targeted towards males, particularly college-aged males, do not fully grasp the influence of these...
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We are witnessing a disturbing tend to “enshrine” male circumcision into law, shielding the practice from health and safety regulation of any kind. This trend precedes any honest attempt to assess “morbidity,” the unavoidable co...
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) or domestic violence (DV) is often framed as a “woman’s issue” or “violence against women” generating the perception of males involved in violent relationships as the aggressor and more capa...
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) or domestic violence (DV) is often framed as a “woman’s issue” or “violence against women” generating the perception of males involved in violent relationships as the aggressor and more capa...
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Temper tantrums, emotional meltdowns and screaming fits in public venues are everyday events in the life of Boaz, a feisty and affectionate five year-old boy with behavioral issues and developmental delays. The wondrous yet sometimes thorny world of bo...
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Adam Bede revisits topical changes to English manliness and gentlemanliness at the turn of the nineteenth century. In her novel, written almost sixty years into the 1800s, George Eliot recognizes how new thinking about these gendered concepts changed t...
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