Men and Mating
Case of Jailed Deadbeat non-dad Shows Need for Overhaul of Child Support Laws
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently ran articles on a case that should outrage any fair-minded person. Georgia man Frank Hatley was in a Cook County jail for over a year for failure to pay child support. However, DNA tests proved that the child in question was not biologically his. He had never been married to or... »
Yawning at Hofstra
In what has become a more or less common turn of events, the female Hofstra University student that accused five men, including one classmate, of gang raping her in a school dormitory bathroom has recanted the charges. That’s legal and media speak for admitting she cheapened herself by taking on five men willingly on... »
To Man Up or Man Down
Women don’t have roles any more, except as they choose to take them on. Even then, they can change that role fluidly depending on whether they are vying for a promotion or sitting with a man in a restaurant when the dinner check arrives. Feminists and flat tires are seldom in each others... »
Concinnity, Conviction and Commitment
Advising men to invest in marriage because we are trying to make changes in the laws is like telling people to keep smoking because we are working on a cure for cancer. The very idea is as unsound as blindfolding men and pointing them toward the mine field with marching orders and an “atta boy,“... »
A Prayer for Joe Bob
Contrary to popular worldview, men feel. They feel as deeply and profoundly as any woman. If you peel back a mans skin, you find flesh and blood, not gears and wires. Men have wants, needs, desires and dreams outside their role as protectors and providers. They are not whole without these things and yet... »
Cuckolding a man yet caring about him? The touching story told by the song In Some Room Above the Street.
I find the song In Some Room Above the Street, especially as sung in the inimitable vibrato of the late country singer Gary Stewart, to have an extraordinary emotional power. Part of the reason for the song’s power is that it ends on an unexpectedly poignant note. The song begins by telling of a rather... »
Divorce- American Style
And the bias toward women as better guardians of children from earlier days fits in quite well with the schemes of modern courts. All the better and easier for the fixed fight to have a designated winner. No one has to take a dive when the judges hold the scoring cards and... »
Gay Marriage- Who Cares?
Worse yet, as any men’s rights advocate knows, marriage hasn't been "one man and one woman" for a long time. The reality of the times is that men marry the state they live in. The woman just comes with the deal for a few years. »
Men Going Their Own Way?
A continuing Analysis. If men are to overcome Feminism and the ideology that is destroying our society, our families and our sensibilities, what do we have to do? Amfortas suggests that a building of a New Man is essential as we no longer fit in a decaying world. The Parzival Quest continues. »
Monogamy is not natural — but is ideal
The following letter to the editor that I wrote was recently published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. We may disapprove of politicians getting into sex scandals, but we should not be shocked, regardless of the person’s moral beliefs. The simple truth is that monogamy is not a natural state for humans of either gender. Millions of... »
Men, Math and Marriage
Yes guys, that means go see a lawyer, one that understands mens legal issues, before you even shack up. Do it the moment she asks if she can leave some clothes in your closet. Better yet, do it now, while you don't have a girlfriend and can still think from the neck up. Consider... »
Book Review: Living Your Love Every Day: How to Keep Romance Alive from Beginning to End
Married psychotherapist/author couple Judith Sherven and James Sniechowski have produced another book to help men and women to survive and thrive in their relationships with each other. As far as I know, Living Your Love Every Day is only available through Judith and Jim’s website page given above, and it probably isn’t the... »
Gender, Lies and Phil McGraw
With the moral foundation of an Enron executive, he sells snake oil packaged as solutions. He appears to listen to peoples problems, but what he really hears is cha-ching. That’s the sound a man’s head makes when you sucker punch him on national television. All this is delivered with an endearing hint of Texas... »
Jackson’s death a teaching moment re: ‘normal’ behavior
The death of Michael Jackson and the ensuing struggle between those that want to deify him and those that — pardon the pun — want to bury him for his alleged crimes, opens the door for a much needed discussion about child molestation. Full disclosure: not a fan. A visually compelling artist perhaps,... »
Who is Amfortas?
Recently it was my privilege to hear an extraordinary audio podcast by MND’s own Amfortas, responding to a series of questions by interviewers John Dias and Christian J. The transcript is below. Right click to download the MP3s — lasalle Audio: (part 1) (part 2) Part II of this transcript available here. Who Is Amfortas? Q. Tell us... »
When Infidelity Is Inevitable
Disrespect and Manipulation Humans are biologically wired for infidelity, we hear. Monogamy is an artificial lifestyle, they say. Men and women cheat on each other because they just can’t help themselves, right? Wrong. People who respect and value themselves don’t cheat; moreover, they attract like-minded partners. Infidelity is a choice — as obesity, substance abuse, and ignorance... »
Rebranding Manhood
Fathers Are Mere Tenants The manhood brand is dead, kaput, and that is no accident. Men, who built the legal and physical infrastructure of this country from scratch, have, over the past 36 years, chosen to allow women to marginalize and overshadow them. It’s as though the entire history of men was written on an... »
Perception, Polarization and Paradigms
“Men have no clearly defined enemy who is oppressing them.” -Susan Faludi (Stiffed, 1999) I was raised by my grandmother who was born in the late 1800s. I have three daughters and two sons. I am especially grateful that my daughters were born into a world vastly better for them than it was for their great-grandmother.... »
Don Quixote Lanced Marriage
Failing Institution Marriage is a failing institution. There are some basic factors driving this failure — judicial and societal — but the bottom line is indisputable: For the first time in US history, across all ethnic groups, the majority of women are unmarried and 40% of babies are born to unwed mothers. The judicial reason is... »
Oprah Is Harpo on Violent Women
She’ll Hit Again Oprah Winfrey is increasing domestic violence in America. By being Harpo — remaining silent — on the truth about violent women, she unwittingly perpetuates the problem.? Repeatedly excusing women’s culpability and unfairly blaming men only serves to foment this pernicious societal scourge. On March 19, 2009, Oprah aired an anti-male show about domestic... »
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