The Marlboro Marine

This is an interesting article from Rolling Stone that goes behind the 2004 photo that is possibly the face of the Iraq war. It is an example of American masculinity and a scary look into the post traumatic stress the war has caused to many of the American soldiers.

click here or the photo to read it.

Women “Take Care,” Men “Take Charge”

This is a pdf that lists the results of a survey of 296 corporate leaders about the differences between women and men as CEOs and people in charge. The article tries to find the reasons why for example women hold 50.3% of the leader and professional positions and yet according to Fortune only 7.9% of the Top 500 earners are women. All this just in the US.

www.catalyst.org/files/fact/Stereotype%20factsheet.pdf

A full text is available on catalyst.org, but I thought a short overview might be a little more interesting than the whole report.

"A Breadwinner Rethinks Gender Roles"

This is an interesting article about male versus female 'breadwinners.' Written from the perspective of a female 'breadwinner,' she poses interesting questions of the stereotypical image of a husband, 'bringing home the bacon.' Can we deal with the change?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/business/27instincts.html

Gender Equality Polls

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/gender/gender22a.htm


Some surveys and polls that show the gender equality between men and women in 1997.

Manhood Around the World Conference

http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe4b1574726d0d757c11&m=fefd1572766301&ls=fdee17727c67027a7216717c&l=fecd17707362077d&s=fe2c11757764007a711371

Looking forward to our field trip to the "Manhood Around the World Conference" in Portland on May 13! Check it out. Love to have other folks join "man class" as we take to road, perhaps with some 9th graders.

Our First Pregnent Husband?

http://advocate.com/issue_story_ektid52664.asp

Are we ready for the first pregnent man? As technology advances it is becoming possible for legal "men" to carry babies. Do you agree with the shocked and negative reaction of many doctors that this couple had to deal with, or were the doctors wrong? Are we wrong to tamper with mother nature's intentions? Or is human nature itself the ability to define for ourselves who we are?

Guys and Dolls

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/fashion/23ugly.html?_r=2&ref=fashion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Check out this story on the ugly dolls. It seems that there is a trend for boys to play with a certain type of "ugly" doll. Why do you think ugly dolls appeal to boys? What about the dolls or the way boys play with them is distinctly masculine? Are these dolls a good idea? Would you buy one for your son?