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Most gender theory sees men as resisting change because they benefit from the status quo. This essay argues such a view reflects a problem with theory rather than a problem with men, and highlights where the theoretical problem lies.
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A creative romp across gender, drag, clothing, penises and maleness, to end up at gender reassignment without hormones or surgery. Despite my penis, I am not a man. Instead, a more helpful description in that I am a 'penis bearer'.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 111kb) 5,400 words
Politics supposedly represents the interests of privileged men. But ‘politics’ ‘men’ and ‘gender’ are restrictive normative categories themselves. So how can men possibly disrupt this neat all-encompassing system? This essay makes some novel suggestions.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 178kb) 4,500 words
I use a simple “centralisation” model to argue that when the full costs of masculinity for men are fully revealed, those costs and their pains can become a direct personal motivation for men to undertake change .
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 161kb) 5,150 words
Social contract theory produces the modern individual in a high-tension mix of power and isolation. This essay argues men pay the highest price of all through separation from our bodies and from others, and muting our unique biographical characteristics.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 215kb) 4,500 words
Is romantic love more dangerous for women than for men? Feminists say yes, but I argue romantic love is equally dangerous for men, leaving men vulnerable to women's superior skills and moral authority in intimacy.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 48kb) 2,950 words
The modern view of intimacy is tied to a specific picture of self which has been developed mostly by women. But men can develop autonomy in intimate relationships, enabling empowering responses to personal life crises, and more personal security in the face of major social changes from feminism and globalisation.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 471kb) 17,660 words
New ideas in feminist ethics can support men who disrupt conventions of masculinity. This essay explores 2 topics: a crtique of the "ideal moral agent" and the limits of the moral domain, and "moving on" after perpetrating abuse.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 83kb) 3,150 words
A map of the origins of the main ideas in the Men's Movement in the mid 90s, and an examination of goals and strategies of the 3 most influential ideas: pro-feminism, mythopoets and men's rights.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 158kb) 2,270 words
We must kill other beings in order live, so how might we kill ethically? In this essay I suggest we need an 'ethics of beauty', in which direct 'erotic' perceptions of beauty tell us we are deeply connected to others.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 110kb) 3,815 words
Suffering is usually seen as bad and should be minimised. But we cause suffering to others simply because we are alive. So WHEN we cause suffering, what basis should we use to judge its moral acceptability?
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 76kb) 2,300 words
Emotions like fear play a major role in politics. This paper offers an "emotional analysis" of politics as a means to reveal our values, and to support us to face challenging but llife-enhancing changes.
Abstract | Full Text (pdf, 53kb) 3,900 words