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Prostate cancer in shadow of female counterpart
Causes of disease still unknown; funding for medical research lags
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THE NEW INTIMACY... monthly column by Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D.
The Runaway Bride
When a bride has to run away from home in order to remove herself from the fearful concerns and stress brought on by her impending wedding, perhaps it's time we rethink the pressures of modern day wedding fever.
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Guest Article... by Glenn Sacks
Do Women Really Want a Male Birth Control Pill?
Despite the stigma that will develop against men who take the pill, the pill will be a success. While most women are responsible and want to have children with a willing, committed partner, studies show that lack of reproductive control can be a major problem for men today. For example, the National Scruples and Lies Survey 2004 polled 5,000 women in the United Kingdom for That’s Life! magazine. According to that survey, 42% of women claim they would lie about contraception in order to get pregnant, regardless of the wishes of their partners.
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Guest Article... by Martin Nemko, Ph.D
Becoming More Ethical
When you do unethical things, your gains are outweighed by the losses. You’ve pained another person just as you were pained when someone treated you unfairly. In addition, you might get caught, and, in my view, most important, you must live with knowing that your unethical act’s impact spreads through a society like cancer: “He’s unethical, so I can be too.” Each unethical act and its repercussions chip away at the culture of trust needed for every cooperative endeavor, from romance to commerce to creating world peace. A society in which trust cannot be assumed is doomed to failure, in our lifetime and even more likely, in our children’s.
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COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio
A Little Saga
The Denver Psychic Fair was busy, much more so than usual, so by Sunday night we were (very well) done. The daytime temps had dropped from the 60's to the 40's by 9 Monday morning and there was a two-inch snowfall overnight. But the streets were clear and getting out of town was only the usual insanity Denver traffic tends to provide.
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JEFF'S LIFE... monthly column by Jeff Stimpson
Everybody's Friend... 
"We've got to talk to Ned about when he thinks somebody has hurt his feelings," says Jill. "Hurt my feelings" is one of Ned's bedrock phrases, and it can mean anything from "Took a toy away from me" to "Bit me." We do have to teach him what do to in those moments. I will, too, just as soon as I learn myself.
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TRANSITIONS... monthly column by Kenneth F. Byers
Whatever Happened to the Men's Movement?... 
This may surprise many readers, but during the mid to late 1980's and for most of the 1990's there was a movement across America, Canada and much of Europe known as the Men's Movement. I remember it because I was very active in it. It was largely a response (rather than a reaction) to the Women's movement of the same time period and was largely supportive of it but far less vocal.  Unlike the women's movement which had a fierce political agenda of equality and recognition, the men's movement was unled and issue fractured. It had many branches that spoke to many different issues such as custodial rights, parenting, addiction, abuse, friendship, veterans affairs, issues of male disability, spirituality, parenting, age discrimination, violence, prison reform, rites of passage, gay issues, step-parenting, health issues, career issues, and many more. Far and away the most popular format for addressing these issues came from the academic arena and became known as the "Mythopoetic" movement.  It was led to some large degree by poet Robert Bly and based in the poetic and mythological interpretation of gender reality and guided by Jungian psychological theory and practice. It found its greatest support in the academic world, that was already having its own problems relating to society on an everyday basis.  It's lack of longevity is probably laid to the fact that it is hard to explain to a man who has just lost his job,  his wife, his passion for life, that the solution to his problems lie in examining the literary search for the holy grail.
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DADS, DON'T FIX YOUR KIDS... monthly column by Mark Brandenburg, M.A
Top Ten Ways to Teach Values to Your Kids
To spend two days wondering if your father will live or die brings you many things. It allows you to appreciate every moment of life. It fills you with memories, and it fills you with pain. It reminds you of something that can easily be forgotten as you run around in your busy life: life is incredibly fragile, and can be taken away in an instant.
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TOWARD MANHOOD... A book in progress by Larry Pesavento

From chapter 9... A Second Father
Sometimes the hope for good fathering seems hopeless. The unconscious generational betrayal in our society continues to this moment. Blind men seem to lead blind men. Blind fathers lead blind sons. Where are the older men who can see? Is there only one roll of the dice in the father game? Is there only one game? I believe not.

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MILITARY HONOR ROLL... Pay tribute to the Veterans or Active Duty military in your life on our perpetual Military Honor Roll page
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FATHERS HONOR ROLL... Pay tribute to your father (grandfather, great grandfather, etc.) on our perpetual Fathers Honor Roll page
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MENSIGHT Magazine is another free service of The Men's Resource Network, Inc. (MRN). It has grown out of the response that we have received from articles posted on TheMensCenter.com (TMC), our official web-site. The first issue went on-line on May 1, 2000. (Archive)

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