Sex and gender differences are central to our lives. We all think about them, struggle with them, and seek to better understand them. From Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady who lamented “Why can’t a woman be more like a man”; to Sigmund Freud who wondered “What do women really want?”; to our nursery
Long before anyone had heard of the field of “gender medicine” I was on a search to find answers to the question, “why do men die sooner and live sicker?” I was five years old when my father tried to commit suicide. He had, what I was told was, a “nervous breakdown.” I didn’t know
As I wrapped up my last blog post about men being the canaries in the coal mine I reference Sam Keen and his book Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man. In it Keen lays out four simple steps that we must do in order to continue to live on a planet that is conducive to human
I’ll be 70 years old in December, 2013. I’ve done a great deal of healing over the years. I’ve had to deal with my own health issues. Like my father I’ve suffered from manic-depressive illness (bipolar disorder) where I’m exuberant and high, get lots done, feel like I can juggle 8 balls in the air
When I think about how we can prevent the kind of violence we have experienced recently at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and at the Boston Marathon, I think of the words of anthropologist Margaret Mead, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the
The cover story in Time magazine headlines: The Richer Sex: Women, Money, and Power. It reports on studies showing that almost 40% of working wives make more money than their husbands and goes on to say, “Assuming present trends continue, by the next generation, more families will be supported by women than by men.” This
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