Masculinity is a set of masculine instincts—whose expression and use generate and are energized by the feeling of passion for life.

…critical gerontology focuses on the political-economic approach and consequently had a limited perspective on women and men: economically the former were seen as deprived and men privileged. Men were therefore disregarded.

By providing books boys might want to read, there is a genuine chance of inspiring boys to read more.

…a review of 58 research studies conducted between 1978 and 2021 found that masculinity […] is, in fact, linked to lower depression

Reviewing the academic analyses of Watchmen is an exercise in reviewing ideologically driven texts describing an ideologically driven text.

More than at any time in history, we need now to grant each other this gift of mutual care. That is because the love of women no longer saves men from the battles they face, and the love of men no longer saves women from wolves that prey on their peace of mind.

There is an assault from many factions in our society dominated by a postmodern outlook, which seeks to deconstruct the identity of men, masculinity, and men’s role in the pursuit of truth.

Imagine that we knew that a stray planet was going to collide with us in a year’s time, and people could look up at the sky every day and see the planet getting bigger and bigger… How many climate sceptics would suddenly believe in saving the Earth?

Much of our attitudes, theorizing and public debate around men and masculinity is influenced by high profile feminist and Gender Studies scholars in academia. But what is the scientific quality of publications from these scholars?

If everyone agrees that something is no good, it makes sense to get rid of it, right? “In what must have seemed like a good idea at the time, in the year 1233, Pope Gregory IX issued a papal decree that Satan was half-cat and sometimes took the form of a cat. The violent result of this decree was a diminished population of feral cats in Europe.

International Men’s Day 2017 saw the launch in Westminster of the first Harry’s masculinity report. The report found evidence justifying why the general public think men are basically ok, despite the fact that so many academics seem to use men as a blank screen onto which to project their negative feelings about masculinity.

This is the second part of a two-part article. Part 1 can be found here.

“This brings me to a final value of tonic masculinity as I see it emerging. And that is the work to be done of restoring harmony between the sexes, to return relations in the nuclear family and local community to a degree of genuinely democratic responsibility and caring for the other.”