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A New Psychology of Men » Read Now
by Ronald F. Levant, William S. Pollack. 402 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...A NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF MEN EDITED BY Ronald F. Levant and...Cataloging-in-Publication Data A new psychology of men / edited by Ronald F. Levant, William...to become an APA...
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Growing Up Male: The Psychology of Masculinity » Read Now
by B. Mark Schoenberg. 152 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

This text, by a director of university counselling, examines the interplay of forces shaping the development of masculinity. It is particularly important during a period when the status of men has undergone considerable erosion in society. Counsellors, psychotherapists, mental health professionals...
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This text, by a director of university counselling, examines the interplay of forces shaping the development of masculinity. It is particularly important during a period when the status of men has undergone considerable erosion in society. Counsellors, psychotherapists, mental health professionals, and all those working with teenage males will find this study of sex and gender issues, male bonding, psychosexual adjustment, situational ethics, and sexuality illuminating.
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The Men They Will Become: The Nature and Nurture of Male Character » Read Now
by Eli H. Newberger. 374 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

How do boys develop character? And what can parents, teachers, and society do, from birth to late adolescence, to help nurture admirable qualities in young men? Eli Newberger brings decades of experience and insight to these vital questions. In a series of riveting stories, he shows boys facing the...
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How do boys develop character? And what can parents, teachers, and society do, from birth to late adolescence, to help nurture admirable qualities in young men? Eli Newberger brings decades of experience and insight to these vital questions. In a series of riveting stories, he shows boys facing the harsh challenges that forge or break character: cheating, bullying, drugs, alcohol, and competition. The Men They Will Become delves to the deepest roots of male character and to the sources of attachment, honesty, self-control, sportsmanship, generosity, and courage. Rather than looking for flaws and vulnerabilities, Dr. Newberger celebrates all the wonderful qualities that make boys boys. The need for leaders of bold but non-violent character makes this wise book of urgent and timely importance.
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The Male Mind at Work: A Woman's Guide to Working With Men » Read Now
by Deborah J. Swiss. 247 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

You won't find this unique and surprising information anywhere else -- it's gleaned from firsthand interviews and original research. The Male Mind at Work reveals surprising insights from male CEOs and executives and presents very specific advice women can use to enhance their careers including:
--...
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You won't find this unique and surprising information anywhere else -- it's gleaned from firsthand interviews and original research. The Male Mind at Work reveals surprising insights from male CEOs and executives and presents very specific advice women can use to enhance their careers including:
-- How successful men approach and handle power struggles with their female colleagues
-- What some prominent male CEOs view as their most effective business traits and how they use their gender to cultivate them
-- How men are able to put on a game face to conceal guilt and channel emotion
-- Ways men enjoy working with women and how female colleagues make them furious
-- How women can learn from the achievements and missteps of men without sacrificing their own feminine identity
Knowledge is a powerful tool. The Male Mind at Work answers troublesome and intriguing questions about how men behave on the job. This thought-provoking book shatters myths about what really goes on in the male mind while confirming for women the realities about gender differences that have always existed. It offers clear strategies for women who fe
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Marriage in Men's Lives » Read Now
by Steven L. Nock. 168 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Because men and women live in worlds that are organized around gender, their marriages reflect differing realities. Marriage in Men's Lives focuses on marriage as a system of rules, customs, and expectations, and shows that marriage changes men on basic dimensions of achievement, participation in...
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Because men and women live in worlds that are organized around gender, their marriages reflect differing realities. Marriage in Men's Lives focuses on marriage as a system of rules, customs, and expectations, and shows that marriage changes men on basic dimensions of achievement, participation in public and social life, and philanthropy because marriage reinforces such behaviours as part of adult masculinity. Using a huge database of over 6,000 interviews with men the author has studied since 1979, Nock draws some interesting and far-reaching conclusions about the nature of marriage, and predicts that marriage is definitely here to stay.
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Bachelors: The Psychology of Men Who Haven't Married » Read Now
by Charles A. Waehler. 216 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

In this book, Waehler describes bachelors' internal processes and interpersonal styles along a continuum with three specific bachelor types: Flexible, Entrenched, and Conflicted. Bachelors is the first and the only book to examine the inner workings of the bachelor mind. Waehler explores the...
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In this book, Waehler describes bachelors' internal processes and interpersonal styles along a continuum with three specific bachelor types: Flexible, Entrenched, and Conflicted. Bachelors is the first and the only book to examine the inner workings of the bachelor mind. Waehler explores the psychology of never-married men and their choices, looking at similarities as well as differences. He looks at their conscious and unconscious psychological profiles, the experience within their families of origin, their relationships with women, their development through adulthood, and their beliefs about marriage. In the end, Waehler establishes patterns that lead to men maintaining their single status with varying degrees of satisfaction. He also provides practical advice on how to come to terms with various bachelor styles, or alternatively, how to successfully move from bachelorhood to marriage. Real life case studies are provided throughout, making this a book for the interested adult as well as researchers and other professionals.
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The Dark Side of Man: Tracing the Origins of Male Violence » Read Now
by Michael P. Ghiglieri. 324 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Here the author takes on one of the most highly charged debates in modern science: the biological roots of bad behaviour. Starting with rape, and moving on to murder, war, and genocide, Ghiglieri looks at the male proclivity for violence.
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Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior » Read Now
by Robert I. Simon. 358 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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National Manhood: Capitalist Citizenship and the Imagined Fraternity of White Men » Read Now
by Dana D. Nelson. 346 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...fragmentation of nation. It trains men, as part of their civic, fraternal grant...national politics as individual psychology and/or responsibility. And...produced for...
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What Women Want-What Men Want: Why the Sexes Still See Love and Commitment So Differently » Read Now
by John Marshall Townsend. 294 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Following the work of E. O. Wilson, Desmond Morris, and David Buss, What Women Want--What Men Want offers compelling new evidence about the real reasons behind men's and women's differing sexual psychologies and sheds new light on what men and women look for in a mate, the predicament of marriage in...
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Following the work of E. O. Wilson, Desmond Morris, and David Buss, What Women Want--What Men Want offers compelling new evidence about the real reasons behind men's and women's differing sexual psychologies and sheds new light on what men and women look for in a mate, the predicament of marriage in the modern world, the relation between sex and emotion, and many other hotly debated questions. Drawing upon 2000 questionnaires and 200 intimate interviews that show how our sexual psychologies affect everyday decisions, John Townsend argues against the prevailing ideologically correct belief that differences in sexual behavior are "culturally constructed." Townsend shows there are deep-seated desires inherited from our evolutionary past that guide our actions. In a fascinating series of experiments, men and women were asked to indicate preferences for potential mates based on their attractiveness and apparent economic status. Women overwhelmingly preferred expensively dressed men to more attractive but apparently less successful men, and men were clearly inclined to choose more attractive women regardless of their professional status. Townsend's studies also indicate that men are predisposed to value casual sex, whereas women cannot easily separate sexual relations from the need for emotional attachment and economic security. Indeed, wherever men possess sexual alternatives to marriage, and women possess economic alternatives, divorce rates will be high. In the concluding chapter, Townsend draws upon the advice of couples who have maintained their marriages over the years to suggest ways to survive our evolutionary predicament. Lucidly and accessibly written, What Women Want--What Men Want shows us why we are the way we are and brings new clarity to one of the most intractable debates of our time.
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Warriors and Wildmen: Men, Masculinity, and Gender » Read Now
by Stephen Wicks. 162 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Warriors and Wildmen is a book about men and masculinity. Through an exploration of the complex issues of sex differences, the book presents a challenge to the predominant ideas of modern feminism. Contemporary studies of sex and gender have come primarily from the perspective of women's studies. In...
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Warriors and Wildmen is a book about men and masculinity. Through an exploration of the complex issues of sex differences, the book presents a challenge to the predominant ideas of modern feminism. Contemporary studies of sex and gender have come primarily from the perspective of women's studies. In the 1990s, however, a growing body of work offers a male perspective. This book surveys that collection, and draws from a wide variety of popular and scholarly writers in support of its major points. This book will be of interest to anyone involved in men's studies, gender issues, and feminism.
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The Male Experience of Depression, in Perspectives in Psychiatric Care » Read Now
by Christine Heifner. 9 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...differences in the experience of depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 89, 680-683. Dean, A., Ensel, W. (1983). Socially structured depression in men and women...
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Sexual Health for Men: The Complete Guide » Read Now
by Richard F. Spark. 440 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

From impotence to infertility, Viagra to vasectomy, this comprehensive and easy-to-read guide is for men of all ages. 100 illustrations.
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The (Un)Emotional Male: Physiological, Verbal, and Written Correlates of Expressiveness, in The Journal of Men's Studies » Read Now
by John M. Robertson, Joyce Woodford. 20 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...W. S. Pollack (Eds.), A new psychology of men (pp. 252-279). New York: Basic...health beliefs and behaviors. Psychology of Men Masculinity, 1(1), 4-15...Lerner, L. (1986)...
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Boys Don't Cry? Rethinking Narratives of Masculinity and Emotion in the U.S. » Read Now
by Milette Shamir, Jennifer Travis. 286 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

We take for granted the idea that white, middle-class, straight masculinity connotes total control of emotions, emotional inexpressivity, and emotional isolation. That men repress their feelings as they seek their fortunes in the competitive worlds of business and politics seems to be a given. This...
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We take for granted the idea that white, middle-class, straight masculinity connotes total control of emotions, emotional inexpressivity, and emotional isolation. That men repress their feelings as they seek their fortunes in the competitive worlds of business and politics seems to be a given. This collection of essays by prominent literary and cultural critics rethinks such commonly held views by addressing the history and politics of emotion in prevailing narratives about masculinity. How did the story of the emotionally stifled U.S. male come into being? What are its political stakes? Will the "release" of straight, white, middle-class masculine emotion remake existing forms of power or reinforce them? This collection forcefully challenges our most entrenched ideas about male emotion. Through readings of works by Thoreau, Lowell, and W. E. B. Du Bois, and of twentieth century authors such as Hemingway and Kerouac, this book questions the persistence of the emotionally alienated male in narratives of white middle-class masculinity and addresses the political and social implications of male emotional release.
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