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Moral Panic: Male Studies and the Spectre of Denial. By Robert Kenedy

January 28, 2013
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Moral Panic: Male Studies and the Spectre of Denial. By Robert Kenedy

The absence of male studies programs in Canada is both a result of and clear evidence that political correctness along with moral panic and gender feminism or third wave feminism have a grip on academe, creating an adversarial schism. Over the last thr...
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Towards an Integrated Perspective on Gender, Masculinity and Manhood by John Ashfield

January 28, 2013
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Towards an Integrated Perspective on Gender, Masculinity and Manhood by John Ashfield

For decades our understanding of gender, masculinity, and manhood has arguably been bedevilled by uninformative pseudo-academic gender ideology. Detached from biological reality, and crediting culture with almost autonomous causation, this ideology of ...
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Research backs up ‘man flu’ sufferers

January 26, 2013
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Research backs up ‘man flu’ sufferers

Man flu ... no longer a myth. It has been scorned by women as a sign of male weakness for generations - but ''man flu'' might not be a myth after all as men and women have different brains, new research has claimed. Neuroscientist Amanda Ellison, of B...
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Groupwork Solutions National Training Calendar 2013

January 23, 2013
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Groupwork Solutions National Training Calendar 2013

Groupwork Solutions is a small training company that specialises in dynamic learning, mastery of practice skills, resource development, working with men, using strengths based approaches and creative group work. For more information and resources visit...
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EMALE Issue 118 (January 2013)

January 1, 2013
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EMALE Issue 118 (January 2013)

In this month's issue: is being a bit overweight all that bad for you? keeping your mind young and alert engaging men national training seminar SLIMS and the decline of partnering in Australia The Real Reason Men Die Sooner and Live Sicker news briefs ...
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Men are crying out for equality too, especially in parenting

December 30, 2012
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Men are crying out for equality too, especially in parenting

We were on the tram, me and two little boys. It was a Saturday evening in June and the three of us were returning from a football match. One child was my son, now seven years old, the other his schoolfriend. Two matronly women noticed the three of us ...
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Father knows best as single dads tackle the other glass ceiling

December 25, 2012
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Father knows best as single dads tackle the other glass ceiling

Dads' group members Don Crinson (left) with son Merlin and James Vincent with daughter Ashley. Photo: James Boddington Charles Areni was shopping alone in a city department store between Monday meetings when he realised he was being watched. His three...
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Education system is biased towards girls, yet we do nothing

December 22, 2012
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Education system is biased towards girls, yet we do nothing

The Weekend Australian, Saturday December 22, 2012 Australia’s feminised curriculum puts boys at a significant disadvantage ANGELA SHANAHAN IT is an experience I have relived eight times, the stomach churning anticipation as we wait in agony for...
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13 Reasons it is Unlucky to be Male

November 23, 2012
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13 Reasons it is Unlucky to be Male

An abridged version of this article appeared as an op-ed in the Newcastle Herald on November 17, 2012, and on the Online Opinion website on November 23, 2012. November 19 is International Men’s Day: a time to promote male role models; to celebra...
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Health tips for Fly In Fly Out (FIFO) workers

November 14, 2012
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Health tips for Fly In Fly Out (FIFO) workers

Assoc. Prof. Gary Misan, Ms Chloe Oesterbroek, Centre for Rural Health and Community Development, UniSA

There is no doubt that long swings, twelve hour shifts, long hours sitting in front of computer terminals or driving machinery, as much as you can eat and drink laid out free all day every day in the mess halls,...
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Save the date | 2013 National Men’s Health Gathering

November 14, 2012
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Save the date | 2013 National Men’s Health Gathering

The 2013 National Men’s Health Gathering will be held in Brisbane from the 22nd – 25th October at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Incorporating; The 7th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Male Health Convention ...
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Men in search of their spirit

November 14, 2012
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Men in search of their spirit

Written by Chiara Muzzin Bhutan is known in some circles to be a place of happiness and mystery. To others, Bhutan is unknown. Located between Tibet and India, the country thrives with culture and awe-inspiring scenery. The people’s authentic sm...
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Victorian Male Health Conference – important development

November 13, 2012
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Victorian Male Health Conference – important development

The inaugural Victorian Male Health Conference is less than one week away and there has been an important development:   

Unfortunately the Conference has not been able to attract sufficient registrations to make the Gathering financially viable over two days.

Consequently, the Gathering has been reduced to a one day program to be held on...
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Help us launch a new male health resource: MENGAGE

November 8, 2012
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Help us launch a new male health resource: MENGAGE

MENGAGE is the newly released male health clearinghouse in New South Wales. MENGAGE brings a diverse set of resources, programs and profiles together to showcase new and established findings in male health. It is designed to answer the ques...
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Movember and Sons: Open for Business

November 1, 2012
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Movember and Sons: Open for Business

OFFICIAL MO NEWS & CULTURE Movember 2012 has arrived and we're getting down to the raw hard truths of the past two years and taking a look, quite simply, at what it means to be a better man. 2012 is the year of Movember & Sons. The collectiv...
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The myth of the tyrannical dad (BBC News, UK)

October 29, 2012
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The myth of the tyrannical dad (BBC News, UK)

Lily Barron (nee Jones), left, and family when her father was home on leave Fathers of yesteryear tend to be portrayed as cold, detached, even callous creatures. But, says Steve Humphries, the cuddly, hands-on, sentimental dads we know today are by n...
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