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Ancient Myths and Modern Men
Initiation, expiation and integration - a personal view of mythopoetic men's work, by Richard Olivier
Men & Rage
Issue 19
Winter 1995/1996
All Wyred Up
Ray Wyre is interviewed about his work at Gracewell by Jack Cordery and Jerry Shevills
Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
Anti-sexism and Work
A look at the sacrifices men make on the altar of work.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Are men changing?
A fundamental challenge to patriarchy, or just a middle-class liberal guilt trip? Men's responses to feminism have been varied. Jeff Hearn considers how the lives of men have changed and not changed.
What Future for Men?
Issue 10
Autumn 1990
Being a Whole Man is Child's Play
Steve Banks talks to Peter Ellis about his forthcoming book on masculinity and male initiation, including the causal link between patriarchal child rearing and destructive masculinity.
Men, Music & Dance
Issue 22
Summer/Autumn 1998
Beyond Blame
Twenty years of guilt have paralysed the anti-sexist men's movement. Mick Cooper argues for a more courageous politics.
Men & Women
Issue 16
Winter 1993/94
Breaching Barriers
Are men's groups for whites only?
Shawn Scott recounts his efforts to set up a black men's group
Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
Bringing Father Back Home
Paul Wolf-Light looks at the impact of fatherhood upon men and masculinity.
Fatherhood
Issue 24
Spring/Summer 1999
Changing men, changing politics
With nothing but macho posturing on all sides of the political arena, the time is ripe for alternatives. Combating masculinism will be top of the agenda this October at the 'Changing Men, Changing Politics' Conference in Sheffield - here are some pointers from the organisers.
What Future for Men?
Issue 10
Autumn 1990
Changing Men's Studies
Jeff Hearn suggests that men need to develop a new theoretical basis for their social science studies.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Child Rape
James Barclay reports on a problem of men.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Creative Community
Mark Josephs-Serra on the liberating potential of co-creativity for individuals and for communities.
Men & Work
Issue 20
Spring/Summer 1996
Daddy's Boy: An incest survivor speaks of his abuse.Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
Dancing in the Dark
or How men can learn to be "on patrol" rather than "in control" by Nick Duffell.
Men & Power
Issue 22
Summer/Autumn 1997
Dress Codes
Using images, Sean Cusack explores the importance of clothes in determining attitudes.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Dressing for Pleasure
Harry White explores the pleasures of cross-dressing.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Families need Fathers?
Vic Seidler explores the links between families and fathers in a post-modern world
Men & Families
Issue 17
Autumn 1994
Father Apart
Being a separated father means facing up to difficult emotions as well as responsibilities and changed circumstances. Paul Wolf-Light offers a personal perspective.
Men & Families
Issue 17
Autumn 1994
Father Figures
Schiller said, 'It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons'.
Here three men listen to their hearts and attempt to come to terms with their experiences of their sons and fathers.
Fathers & Fatherhood
Issue 9
April 1990
Fear and Loathing
Robin Tuddenham explores the transition from Primary to Secondary school.
Men & Fear
Issue 21
Winter/Spring 1997
fear of fucking
Steve Banks finds anxiety and aggression intimately entwined with sex and sexuality.
Men & Sex
Issue 18
Summer 1995
Gays in India
closeted by caste and class - Sunil Gupta and Ashish Kumar report.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Gender - a certain confusion
Not knowing what gender you are may be the best way to be, argues Andrew Samuels, Jungian analyst and author of The Political Psyche
Men & Sex
Issue 18
Summer 1995
Grans, nans, and other mums
Gran-round-the Corner, Gran-at-Greenwich, Jock, ginger and "Up-Jenkins" Jeff Hearn recalls three generations of mothers
Men & Mothers
Issue 12
Autumn 1991
the guilty pleasures shop
What do men really feel about pornography?
John Jordan describes his unique and challenging approach to revealing men's experiences.
Men's Groups
Issue 15
Summer 1993
Heart in a Havenless World
Lesbians and gay men are discriminated against by a society which places so much emphasis on "family life".
Scott Bravmann analyses the challenges of building alternative relationships and communities
Fathers & Fatherhood
Issue 9
April 1990
High Plains Drifter
The man with no name had no reality either.
David Jackson asks why Clint didn't phone home.
Men & Health
Issue 11
Summer 1991
The Iconography of Changing Men
(Condensed from 'The Horned God')
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
'I'm fine, really'
Why are men conspicuous by their absence from the doctor's waiting room?
Pete Jenkins explores the strained relationship between men and their health
Men & Health
Issue 11
Summer 1991
Interrupting Homophobia
In discussing homophobia, John Goetz challenges heterosexual men to be an unconditional ally to lesbians and gay men.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Inside Out
A plea by Les Tate for a more genuinely expressive male literature and culture.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Johnny be good
Help or hindrance? Peter Baker wants to know why heterosexual men run from rubber.
Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
Josh's First Fortnight
Gavin Smith recalls his thoughts during the weeks before and immediately after his child's birth.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
A Long Weekend in Hamburg
Notes from a conversation between Jeff Hearn and Richard Sterne.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
The Man in Black
Who'd want to spend their Sunday mornings being abused by twenty-two football players? John Wadmore does. Here he explains why...
The Sport Issue
Issue 14
Winter 1992/1993
a men's group
Danny Easton writes about a men's group in Edinburgh.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Missing Mothers
Rage, love and devotion - the ambivalence of men towards their mothers has created an awkward silence around the issue. Jonathan Rutherford speaks out.
Men & Mothers
Issue 12
Autumn 1991
My Father, Machines and Me.
John Stoltenberg reflects on the nurturing and encouragement he received from his father, despite their diverse interests. A vital and enduring legacy.
Men & Fear
Issue 21
Winter/Spring 1997
Navel-Gazing or World-Changing
Peter Baker has participated in men's groups for over 10 years. But has he been wasting his time?
Men's Groups
Issue 15
Summer 1993
The New Man: Fact or Fad?
Richard Collier looks at images of masculinity in the popular men's magazines.
The Sport Issue
Issue 14
Winter 1992/1993
Objectionable Desires
Linda Helen replies to Peter Grayson
Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
Objects of Desire
Why is prostitution so maligned? Peter Grayson voices his defence of it.
Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
Oedipus Vexed
Must boys reject their mothers to become men?
Charlie Kreiner, Reference Person for men in the Re-Evaluation Co-counselling Community, thinks not.
Achilles Heel interview by Mick Cooper
Men & Mothers
Issue 12
Autumn 1991
On Being a Man
Brian Smeaton writes of his experiences of getting close to other men and escaping society's oppression.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Post-natal expression
Nigel Larcombe and Christina Moore describe how the arrival of baby Oliver affected their relationship
Men & Women
Issue 16
Winter 1993/94
Rage: the warriors enemy
Rage and war: seems an obvious enough marriage Or does it? Kieron Jecchinis interviews Vietnam veteran Raphael Rodgers
Men & Rage
Issue 19
Winter 1995/1996
Re-thinking Men's Power
Bob Pease describes how...
Men & Power
Issue 22
Summer/Autumn 1997
Riding for Joy
David Jackson offers some new insights into joy riding.
Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
River Deep, Mountain High
Rhythm is our greatest ally in the search for empowerment and balance in a fast-changing world. Ya'Acov Darling Khan argues that if we don't know our own rhythm, we are like kites on the end of someone else's string.
Men, Music & Dance
Issue 22
Summer/Autumn 1998
Scoring
David Jackson suggests that goal-seeking habits petrify us from becoming fully human.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
sexual politics for ourselves
Men's antisexist politics and 'the Left' have not had much to do with each other in the past. We hope this article will stimulate a debate leading to the development of a genuinely antisexist Left politics.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
The Shadow of Iron John
Robert Bly has written extensively about the human shadow, but can he see his own? asks Paul Wolf-Light.
Men & Families
Issue 17
Autumn 1994
Silence of the Wolves
Is the serial killer really the monster in the crowd? David Jackson dispels a few myths.
Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
Wheelin' and Stealin'
The fact that most crime is committed by men is rarely acknowledged.
Tony Jefferson puts the masculinity back into criminology
Men & Crime
Issue 13
Summer 1992
Who's looking after baby?
Clive Goodwin describes his experiences as a male childminder and as primary care-giver to his children.
Re-Emergence
Issue 8
April 1987
Working in a Soul Mine
Paul Wolf-Light explores the nature of work and its connection with soul
Men & Work
Issue 20
Spring/Summer 1996
Young Dads Too
Mark Osbourne describes his experience of running a pioneering project for young fathers.
Fatherhood
Issue 24
Spring/Summer 1999

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