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Guest Article... by Warren Farrell, Ph. D.
How I Began the Discovery that Men Earn Less than Women for the Same Work .
If male bosses are to blame for discrimination, why are women who own their own businesses earning only 49% of their male counterparts—that is, why are women netting less when they are their own bosses than when they have male bosses?
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Guest Article... by Marty Nemko
Men's Career Issues
I get so embarrassed when I forget someone’s name. It’s even worse when they come over to me and effortlessly toss off, “Hey, Marty!” and I have to blither, “Hi…” It’s worst of all when she’s just told me her name and I’ve already forgotten it. I swear, I think I’m missing the gene for remembering names.
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Guest Article... by Glenn Sacks
VAWA Renewal Provides Opportunity to Stop Destruction of Innocent Cops’ Careers
Shot in the line of duty. Twice awarded the Medal of Honor. Named Essex County, New Jersey Police Officer of the Year. A highly decorated officer with an impeccable record. For 22 years police officer Eric Washington battled criminals on the streets of East Orange, New Jersey. On January 21, 2001 Washington was ambushed and brought down--not by an ex-convict bent on revenge or a shadowy gunman, but instead by a false accusation of domestic violence.
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MEN IN MARRIAGE... monthly column by Marty Friedman
Men: Not Wrong, Just Different
Our society has recently created a crazy idea:  men should be like women in the way we listen, talk and feel and we should deal with relationships like women do; we should listen with tremendous empathy, strive for harmony, and speak fluidly about our feelings. This is patently absurd, and if a man buys into this idea he will constantly feel like a failure.  If you observe how men communicate you will see instances of a different communication style, not necessarily a worse communication style. (See Deborah Tannen’s work for research about this.) 
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COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio
It's Just a Suit Guys!
Boys and uniforms.....men and suits. It IS a thing with us without a doubt. When I look back at my history of wearing uniforms the first picture I recall, and I still have the actual photo of this, a historical landmark if there ever was one, there I am in my cowboy suit, complete with a large and floppy hat. Which, I must add, was true to the genre. Real cowboys didn't wear those well-shaped chapeaus we see in movies, TV, and C&W singers today. Back then, if we kids were going to dress up as cowboys we resembled that famous picture of a disheveled Billy-the-Kid not a well pressed and dry cleaned Roy Rogers.
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THE NEW INTIMACY... monthly column by Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D.
Meditation on a Small Red Flower...
The other day we took a walk out to a nearby field. Behind several tall pines, hidden away from open view, a single, small flower spread its blossoms toward the sun. It was a deep red, vivid-very strong and straight on its thin stem.
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JEFF'S LIFE... monthly column by Jeff Stimpson
The Boys at Grandpa's Lake House... 
Grandpa has a new summer house. He has also bought a canoe, a rowboat, beds, and a lot of other stuff to help us give the boys a good time on a body of water in hot weather. The house is splendid, with big rooms and lots of bright wood, a deck and a wine cellar, air conditioning even in the basement, and few spiders. It's also right on a lake, and has a shared dock that Alex and Ned, left unsupervised, can run to in about 20 seconds.
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DADS, DON'T FIX YOUR KIDS... monthly column by Mark Brandenburg, M.A
Memories of a Father...
Most fathers today take a lot of pictures and videos of their kids. In fact, the average kid is in more pictures than the average super-model. However, many of the memorable experiences with your kids aren’t ones that can be captured by a camera. Videos and pictures can’t capture what you’re thinking and feeling when these experiences occur.
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TOWARD MANHOOD... A book in progress by Larry Pesavento

From chapter 11 Part 1... Damsels
Has anyone noticed how a great many of the books written about men have titles referring to knighthood. There are Knights In Shining Armor, Knights Without Armor, Knights in Rusty Armor. Robert Johnson writes of the knightly myth of Parsifal in his book, He. Robert Bly talks of slaying the Red Knight on a man's way to maturity.

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NEW REVIEWS

REVIEW: Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap—and What Women Can Do About It. By Warren Farrell, Ph.D.
A new book from Dr. Warren Farrell is of course eagerly awaited by all of us who care about gender equity. I dare say that each of his books represents an evolution since the publication of the previous one, both in terms of Warren’s own growth and in terms of society’s developing awareness of, and willingness to hear more regarding, pertinent men’s and women’s (and people’s!) issues.
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REVIEW: SPIN SISTERS: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness and Liberalism to the Women of America. By Myrna Blyth
Every now and then, it’s fun to try something a little different. Even if it isn’t quite your cup of tea, it keeps life interesting to try walking in the moccasins of someone with whom you might have previously thought you had nothing in common. Myrna Blyth has written a book specifically designed for, and often directly addressed to, politically conservative women. People such as myself who don’t fit into these categories may seemingly have little to gain from reading Spin Sisters. And in fact, Blyth could have written the book differently in a way that would have carried the same essential message while allowing her to speak to a wider audience inclusive of males and non-conservatives.
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REVIEW:  TAKING SEX DIFFERENCES SERIOUSLY. By Steven E. Rhoads.
University of Virginia public policy professor Steven E. Rhoads’ latest book purports to be a meticulously researched and elegantly written, provocative and groundbreaking exploration of the masculine and feminine. I found Taking Sex Differences Seriously to be a solid though unexceptional book that makes a number of interesting points. Career women, we learn, have higher average testosterone levels. Rhoads provides interesting detail on how modern university textbooks ignore women who choose to focus on volunteer and/or homemaker careers, ironically implying that the only careers acceptable for women are those traditionally defined (presumably by the patriarchy) as successful. Along similar lines, the author deftly points out the absurdity of prescribing and proscribing activities for our children based on our political wishes.
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Archive of All Reviews & Interviews... by J. Steven Svoboda.

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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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