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#OpenMinday – Cheating, high-brow laddism and Venn diagrams @EricAndersonPhD @OMGchronicles @WomanSavers @DatingExpert @SarahJSymonds
What is Open Minday? There are only two reasons why cheating happens. Either you’re not right for your partner, or you’re not being honest with them. Any other excuse is merely justification for avoiding either fact. Crucially, more often than … Continue reading
#OpenMinday – The harassment of women and the fear of men @DawnHFoster
What is Open Minday? I’m sorry to every woman that I scoffed at for not walking home along a route that made them uncomfortable, but that I was happy with day or night. I’m sorry to every woman that I … Continue reading
#OpenMinday – Three Men and a Baby and the capacity of all men @TheRealNimoy @_TomSelleck @TedDanson1947
The song over the opening titles of Three Men and a Baby (“Boys will be boys, bad boys, bad boys, nothing but trouble”) hints that you’re about to watch a film about overgrown boys struggling to grow up and face … Continue reading
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#OpenMinday @GoodMenProject and being a man
What is Open Minday? Update: 31 Jan 2012 I want this project to be honest, and to be something I follow myself, so I must say that @GoodMenProject is no longer in my timeline. It’s a step in the right … Continue reading
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Over the Christmas break I had a great opportunity to talk with my dad-in-law about being a father. With our own baby expected in July or August, I’ve gone through a lot of feeling and thinking in just a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged children, fatherhood, men, parenting
What lies behind online misogyny?
UPDATE As I am not acutely familiar with WordPress guidelines and terms of use, and because I am aware that the concept of objective reportage might not be widely accepted, I’ve chosen to censor this post. I do, however, stand … Continue reading
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Tagged change, fear, free speech, men, misogyny, offence, responsibility, women
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Some quick thoughts before I lose my mood. Just returned from my best friend’s Stag do in Newquay, which largely involved being surrounded by heat, men I didn’t know, men I’d only just met and men I knew well. It … Continue reading
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Tagged confidence, getting stuff done, men
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Some heroes, and a few thoughts: Simon Jones. His catalogue of comebacks are inspirational – there’s a seriously moving interview with him in the Guardian, I think at the beginning of last season, as the man who destroyed Australia with … Continue reading
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Tagged heroes, identity, leadership, men, role models, self, sport, writing
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“You write books because you have truths to tell; you work in a bank … because you want a fast car and a big house” It’s not often that you can feel yourself being influenced in a way that develops … Continue reading
