Many years ago I was called into the office one Friday towards the end of November. I was a youth worker at the time, and had just won funding to set up and run a young fathers project as I'd been astounded at the lack of support for young dads at the point I'd become... Continue Reading →
Chase me
"Play it mean and keep them keen". So says the dating advice that has been handed down from generation to generation. The psychological idea behind this old adage is one of scarcity increasing desirability; if your positive feedback and comments are rarer then the other person will crave them more, and will therefore work harder... Continue Reading →
Why Men Aren’t Vulnerable
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”― Criss Jami It's not cool to be vulnerable. It's not manly to show weakness, or even hint that you don't know what you want. Weakness is the least attractive trait a man can have, and opening up some... Continue Reading →
Being Beach Body Ready
There is no way you will have missed the furor a few years ago about the advertising which introduced the phrase "beach body ready" into the general parlance of the country. The ad, which has been described as both wildly offensive as well as a work of PR genius, basically shows a woman who is... Continue Reading →
Too much of a good thing
I never used to understand the phrase "too much of a good thing makes you sick". There wasn't an amount of salami, or cheese, or fried chicken, or Dr Pepper, or curly wurly that could make me sick. Too much of a good thing was simply more of that good thing, right?! Then I discovered... Continue Reading →
Why Men Should Blog
I know this isn't the first time I've said it, but I love a bit of Twitter. Not only do you get to see some top-drawer shenanigans go on, but you also occasionally stumble onto some viewpoints which you would never normally be exposed to. Such a thing happened recently, when I found myself involved... Continue Reading →