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Bullying and suicide in construction – does building culture need to change?
Building industry culture encourages men to be hard, tough and strong. From the time men enter the industry as an apprentice, they often feel they have no choice but to enjoin this macho culture. Bullying is commonplace. Could this culture be contributing to the unusually high suicide rates in the building industry.
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The tender man – a woman’s observations
Women claim to want a sensitive and tender man, but do we?
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A lesson in equality – Serge Benhayon
I remember embarking into the world, learning what it was to be a woman. From very young, the enforced role model of the housewife brewed up a fury inside of me and so I rebelled and became the tough sportswoman. What does it mean to hold myself as a woman, to walk as a woman?
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Is there more to gender equality than gender balance?
The ‘Balance for Better’ theme around gender equality sounds promising, but is there more to equality than balance, and what is truly the way forward?
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Why wait? Let’s discard out-of-date and abusive attitudes about gender now!
The battle of the sexes has become a world war. Domestic violence is currently headline news, publicly exposing the horrendous abuse kept hidden behind the closed doors of our very own homes. The media is now onto it, but are we fully addressing our part in it?
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Valentine's dread - tips for liberation
This article talks about the pressures men experience when it comes to the one day of the year that calls for them to celebrate their relationships.
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Man up for Saturday football!
Football is a man’s game, so they say, but what does it mean to be a real man; is there within every man something much more meaningful than a love of football?
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Anxiety and being a man
This article explores the anxiety related to being a man, and how important it is for boys, teens and men to feel safe to express how they are feeling and experiencing life.
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A real women’s revolution is beckoning us forward
History tells us the sexual revolution has already happened but this article on the real women’s revolution questions how it has really impacted women having sex, their lives, relationships and place in the world.
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The ramifications of rape and sexual assault: a first-hand account
“1 in 5 women will experience sexual assault at some time in their lives …” A first hand powerful account of the very real ramifications rape and sexual assault and what released her from the hurt.
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From suffering from withdrawals – to healthy relationships and true intimacy
An account of the healthy relationships that are possible when a man allowed himself to connect to and start living from the sweet, tender and very caring qualities that lay within.
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Do we really have to be competitive to be a man?
What is the purpose of competition except for us to measure ourselves against others? And once this measurement has occurred, why do we keep searching for the next thing to measure? Even when winning we are never satisfied with the result.
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Erectile dysfunction: Getting to the heart of the matter
Medical studies have shown a direct link between erectile dysfunction and heart disease, but why? Is there something more to how we have commonly viewed this condition?
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Love – the missing link in gender equality
Children have a true wisdom about gender equality that comes from being loving, yet we seem to separate from this later. What if LOVE is the missing link in gender equality ...
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My experience of abuse and self-abuse
One woman’s journey from abuse and self-abuse to re-connection with her essence.
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Gender equality – does it start with women’s responsibility to themselves?
Women have been trying to gain gender equality from men for centuries, so what is our responsibility as women to ensure this happens?
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Just joking
This article explores why men banter and joke with each other to avoid depth of intimacy between them. The game is to put someone down to mask your own insecurity.
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REVIEW: What Does It Profit a Man?
An eye-opening exposé of the fact that success, profit and recognition in our world today are not really ‘it’. Eight men share how they have found a much healthier, vastly more settled and truly successful way of life based on the riches within
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Work, mothering and female empowerment part 1 – where are we truly at?
As women, it seems we have made considerable progress towards attaining greater gender equality, work-life balance and female empowerment. But how much has really changed, and at what cost?
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The song of man
Can a man change his tune from songs of self-rejection to a more truly self-loving melody? Worth exploring…